As one Door Shuts….Another One Slams You In The Face!
There have been many attributed to the humorous version of the old saying…. football managers after the sack, comedic geniuses and many a man (or woman!) just down on their luck for one of many reasons.
History is littered with situations where someone or something has “snatched defeat from the jaws of victory” or, to give it a more literal meaning, “to lose a contest one seemed very likely to win”.