sikerült

• all went amiss

• hold

• that's over and done with!

• in the end he succeeded

• dud speculation

• the performance was rather a failure

• the performance was rather a failure

• he just managed to do it

• everything went criss-cross from the start

• near thing

• he was never able to assert himself sufficiently

• damp squib

• he is a wash-out

• all went amiss

• he's a dud