(YOU) CAN'T WIN THEM ALL.

(You) can't win them all.: translation

(You) can't win them all. & (You) can't win 'em all.

Inf. a catch phrase said when someone, including the speaker, has lost in a contest or failed at something. (The

you

is impersonal, meaning

one, anyone.

The apostrophe on

'em

is not always used.) •

Mary: Gee, I came in last again! Jane: Oh, well. You can't win them all.

•

“Can't win 'em all,” muttered Alice as she left the boss's office with nothing accomplished.