(one's) Venus turns out a whelp

An outdated expression used to describe the failure of something that was once expected to be successful. The phrase comes from dice, in which the best roll was once known as a "Venus" and the worst a "canis" (a dog). A "whelp" is a young dog. I thought I was definitely going to get a promotion, but I didn't even get a raise—my Venus turned out a whelp, all right.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Klimentina	-	Macedonian
Despina	-	Greek, Macedonian
Naseer	-	Arabic
Shannah	SHAN-ə	English (Rare)
Cruz	KROOTH (Spanish), KROOS (Latin American Spanish), KROOSH (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Emese	EM-esh-e	Hungarian