be a victim of your own success
Definition
› to have problems because of your success: The school has become a victim of its own success as parents with children who have special needs now actively seek it out.Experiencing and suffering
(Definition of be a victim of your own success from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be a safe bet idiom
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be a shadow of your former self idiom
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be a slam dunk idiom
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be a slave to sth idiom
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be a tall order idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
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be a victory for common sense idiom
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be above/beyond reproach idiom
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be after sb's blood idiom
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be ahead of the game idiom
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be ahead of the pack idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- afflict verb
- affliction noun
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be at/on the receiving end idiom
- be devoured by sth idiom
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- eaten up with/by sth idiom
- experience verb
- exposure noun (EXPERIENCE)
- fall prey/victim to sth/sb idiom
- firsthand adverb
- get/have your fingers burned idiom
- nurse verb (FEEL EMOTION)
- practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)
- stricken adjective
- survive verb
- survivor noun
- take/have a knock idiom
- temporal adjective
- victim noun
Topic:
Experiencing and suffering
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