fracasar
flounder ; fail ; misfire ; founder ; be unsuccessful ; bite + the dust ; backfire ; go under ; give up + the ghost ; meet with + failure ; flop ; fall apart ; come + unstuck ; fall + flat ; go + pear-shaped ; fizzle ; go out + the window ; come + a cropper ; fall through ; go + kaput ; go + haywire ; be up the spout ; be dead in the water ; have + no joy ; go + belly up ; go + tits up.
I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results.
It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.
This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.
This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.
Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
Unfortunately the project is officially dead in the water.
I just like challenges, especially with problem-solving on vehicles when others have had a try but no joy.
Our ISP (Internet Service Provider) went belly up 10 days ago and we have been unable to send & receive emails since.
At least Justin will have his 100 million dollars to fall back on if things do go tits up.
esfuerzo + fracasar
effort + founder
Many outreach efforts foundered because they were primarily public relations gimmicks aimed at changing the public rather than the library.
fracasar debido a
fail out of
Generally speaking, however, what can paralyze some people is fear, creating the potential to fail out of sheer funk.
fracasar de manera lamentable
fail + miserably
fail + dismally
However, in retrospect, the U.S. government's goal of eradicating Native American cultures failed miserably.
The essays in this volume fail dismally to contribute anything of value to our understanding of the topic.
fracasar estrepitosamente
fall + flat on + Posesivo + face
Like the bear who could take it or could leave it alone, we may find that if we lean over too far backwards we might as well fall flat on our face.
fracasar miserablemente
fail + dismally
fail + miserably
come + a cropper
The essays in this volume fail dismally to contribute anything of value to our understanding of the topic.
However, in retrospect, the U.S. government's goal of eradicating Native American cultures failed miserably.
He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
fracasar por
fail out of
Generally speaking, however, what can paralyze some people is fear, creating the potential to fail out of sheer funk.
hacer fracasar
foil
derail
The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
When organizational communication works well, every ofther facet of management is enhanced; if it derails, other aspects of directing falter as well = Cuando la comunicación dentro de una organización funciona bien, las demás facetas de la gestión mejoran; no obstante, si falla, los otros aspectos de la dirección flaquean también.
planes + fracasar
plan + fall through
Her plans for the night fell through, none of her friends were around, and her husband was out with the guys.
prosperar o fracasar
sink or swim
The learning programs themselves can influence whether e-learners sink or swim.
