Idiom
one's cake is dough
Meaning
One's actions have failed to achieve any success or make any progress.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My plans failed and now my cake is dough.”
“After the investors pulled their funding at the last minute, the startup founder realized his cake was dough.”
“Despite his elaborate schemes to secure the promotion, the sudden restructuring of the company meant that his cake was dough.”
Examples
simple
“My plans failed and now my cake is dough.”
contextual
“After the investors pulled their funding at the last minute, the startup founder realized his cake was dough.”
complex
“Despite his elaborate schemes to secure the promotion, the sudden restructuring of the company meant that his cake was dough.”
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