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not last long
idiom(UK alsonot last five minutes)
to fail or be unsuccessful very soon: 快失败了；长不了
You won't last long in your job if you carry on being so rude to the customers.如果你继续这样粗暴地对待顾客，那么你这份工作就快干到头了。
He wouldn't last five minutes in the police force - it's far too tough for him.他在警察队伍里呆不了多久——他受不了那份苦。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not achieving wealth, popularity, or success
unsuccessfulHe tried for years to get his work published before accepting he was a commercially unsuccessful writer.
failedShe was a failed singer.
frustratedHe was a legendary actor, but a frustrated director.
strugglingThe struggling actor was cut from yet another film.
on the ropesAfter that scandal, the MP is really on the ropes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
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