(one) can't win for losing



(one) can't win for losing

One is unable to find or create any success; one has been constantly and/or thoroughly defeated, bested, belittled, etc., in recent times. So Mary divorced John after their company went under, and then his mother died a week later? Man, that guy can't win for losing lately. That's the third manuscript to be rejected by the publishers; I guess I just can't win for losing.
See also: losing, win

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GÁBorGAH-borHungarian
Kaitokah-ee-toJapanese
Rosette-French
Hillary['hiləri:]
PlutoPLOO-to (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
OlgaOL-gah (Russian), AWL-gah (Polish, German)Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Hungarian, Itali