you can't win them all

English

Alternative forms

you can't win 'em all (colloquial)

Proverb

you can't win them all

(informal) It is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.
Synonym: you win some, you lose some

Translations

it is impossible to always succeed

Finnish: aina ei voi voittaa
Italian: non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco
Polish: raz na wozie, raz pod wozem (pl)

Further reading

“you can't win them all”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/you-can-t-win-them-all?q%3Dyou+can%27t+win+them+all”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“you can't win 'em all”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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