Idiom
cannot make it
Meaning
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I tried to fix the sink, but I just cannot make it.”
“He practiced for months, but he realized he simply cannot make it as a professional musician.”
“Despite his extensive training and unwavering ambition, he eventually admitted that he cannot make it in such a highly competitive industry.”
Examples
simple
“I tried to fix the sink, but I just cannot make it.”
contextual
“He practiced for months, but he realized he simply cannot make it as a professional musician.”
complex
“Despite his extensive training and unwavering ambition, he eventually admitted that he cannot make it in such a highly competitive industry.”
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