Смысл: failure

failure[ʹfeıljə]
n
<Í> 1. 1) неудача, неуспех, провал
dead failure - полный провал
bitter failures - горькие неудачи
failure of justice - юр. неправильное судебное решение, судебная ошибка
to end in failure - окончиться неудачей
all his efforts ended in failure - все его усилия были напрасны /окончились неудачей/
to meet with failure - терпеть неудачу
to invite failure - а) обрекать себя на неудачу; б) вести к неудаче
by saying so you yourself invite failure - говоря так, вы сами себе готовите неудачу
2) провал на экзамене
2. недостаток (чего-л.); отсутствие (чего-л.)
failure of rain - сушь, отсутствие дождей
crop failure - неурожай
3. 1) неудачник
he was a failure in art - он был неудачником в искусстве
2) неудавшееся дело
his invention turned out (to be) a failure - его изобретение не оправдало надежд
the play was a failure - пьеса провалилась
4. 1) невыполнение, неосуществление
failure to keep a promise - нарушение обещания
failure to pay a bill - неуплата по счёту
2) оплошность, недосмотр; ошибка
they made a failure of keeping watch - они проглядели
3) что-л. несостоявшееся или не сделанное
failure to report - юр. недонесение
alarm was felt at his failure to return - когда он не вернулся, все встревожились
failure to explain the noise worried us - источник шума был не установлен, и это нас волновало
his failure to answer questions made the police suspicious - подозрения полиции были вызваны тем, что он не отвечал на вопросы
5. несостоятельность, банкротство; прекращение платежей
numerous bank failures - многочисленные банкротства
6. 1) тех. авария, повреждение; перебой; отказ в работе; остановка или перерыв в действии
there was a failure of electricity - отключилось электричество
failure of a pump [of a dynamo] - повреждение насоса [динамо-машины]
failure of shots - горн. осечки (при палении)
failure inhibition - предупреждение аварий
failure load - разрушающая нагрузка
2) физ., тех. разрушение
3) вчт. отказ; выход из строя; сбой; фатальная ошибка
7. геол. обвал, обрушение; оседание; сползание

give (one) heart failure Идиома

doomed to failure

Idiom(s): doomed to failure

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

certain to fail, usually because of some obvious flaw.
• This project was doomed to failure from the very beginning.
• The play is doomed to failure because there is not a good story line.

Failure is the mother of success

Failure is often a stepping stone towards success.

give someone heart failure

give someone heart failure
Frighten or startle someone very much, as in You nearly gave me heart failure when you told me you were quitting. It is also put as have heart failure, meaning “be frightened or startled,” as in I just about had heart failure when I heard about her accident. These hyperbolic terms allude to the life-threatening physical condition in which the heart fails to pump blood at an adequate rate or stops altogether. Also see heart misses a beat, one's.

give (one) affection failure

To shock, frighten, or agitated addition aback and to an acute degree. Often acclimated with "nearly," "almost," or some agnate modifier. Adrian about gave his parents affection abortion back he told them he was bottomward out of college. You about gave me affection failure, cheating up on me like that!Learn more: failure, give, heart

give addition affection failure

Frighten or affright addition actual much, as in You about gave me affection abortion back you told me you were quitting. It is additionally put as have affection failure, acceptation "be abashed or startled," as in I aloof about had affection abortion back I heard about her accident. These abstract agreement allude to the life-threatening concrete action in which the affection fails to pump claret at an able amount or stops altogether. Additionally see heart misses a beat. Learn more: failure, give, heart, someone

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