Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “success has many fathers, failure is an orphan” and it is a phrase meaning “many people would like to claim credit for success, but no one wishes to assume responsibility for failure”.
Example Sentence: The old saying that victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan holds good for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Karnataka unit… More than two months since the poll results were announced, the BJP is yet to choose the Leader of the Opposition… The BJP high command deputed two central observers to elicit the views of senior leaders, MLAs and MPs on the choice of candidates for the post of the Leader of the Opposition. But though this process was completed about a week ago, the name of the leader for the post is yet to be announced.
This phrase is present in In Opposition without a leader and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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