be a victim of your own success
因成功而反受其害
- The school has become a victim of its own success, as parents with children who have special needs now actively seek it out.
这所学校已经为其成功所累，因为那些需要特殊教育的孩子的家长现在会想方设法向他们寻求帮助。
not have a/the ghost of a chance
毫无机会
- They don't have a ghost of a chance of winning.
他们毫无胜算。
give up the ghost
【英式英语】放弃……；对……绝望
- All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost.
我自童年起珍惜的一切都被夺走了，我只好放弃。
leave your/its mark on sb/sth
对……产生（通常指不良的）影响
- The experience had left its mark on her.
这段经历对她产生了影响。
