B1idiominformalsuccessIELTS-friendly
better luck next time
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said to someone who has failed, hoping they will succeed when they try again
A friendly thing to say after a failure. In a flat or sarcastic tone it can sound unkind.
In context
You didn't win the competition this year, but better luck next time!
So you missed out on the scholarship? Hard luck, and better luck next time!
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a long shotan attempt or guess that has very little chance of success
- a Pyrrhic victorya win that costs so much that it is hardly worth winning
- against all oddsalthough success seemed very unlikely
- back to square oneback at the start, because an earlier attempt has failed