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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

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Not content with doing nothing and enjoying their win, the enemy team has instead chosen to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory - Phrase, common usage. Doing something stupid causing your team to lose when all you had to do was nothing.
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decearing egg 

An obscure Japanese phrase translated into English, originally comprising of the Japanese words egu egu egu e guegu. The phrase was discovered after delving very deeply into Google Translate. Its usage and context is generally unknown, although it seems to always be typed in all caps.
I copied and pasted a bunch of crap into Google Translate in Japanese and it translated to DECEARING EGG. Is Translate still that bad at Japanese?
decearing egg by Kenoscirneh June 26, 2017

decearing 

An adjective used to describe an egg, implying the egg is disgusting or somewhat unedable.
For example, if an egg is disgusting you may say "Dude, that was such a decearing egg!"
decearing by EggDaddyExpert June 23, 2017

Fleur Delacour 

An attractive, part-veela character in the Harry Potter series. She first appears in Goblet of Fire as a Triwizard champion and later on in Half Blood Prince. She is probably going to appear in the final book as it is supposed to start with her wedding with Bill Weasley.

Translates literally from French to "Flower of the Court"
I wish I looked like Fleur Delacour
Fleur Delacour by MarianneNZ November 10, 2006

no defeat 

An apparel line created by a couple of friends who came from next to nothing. they have a bomb ass logo that forms N.D. They are living proof that hard work, honor, and trust make shit happen. They are the next big thing.
My coach told me I'd never amount to anything with all my talent because I wouldn't conform to their rules.

no defeat, bitch. I'm in the finals.
no defeat by Clark Thunder Kent December 13, 2012

Defeater 

Defeater are a modern hardcore band from Boston who have gained a cult following among the hardcore underground with every amount of praise being completely earned. Defeater have only released one album and one EP, both of which being highly ambitious concept pieces. Their LP, Travels, chronicles the events preceding the suicide of a wayward man in which he kills his father and brother, and then mourns the death of his drug addicted mother. Their EP, Lost Ground, was written about a black World War II veteran who loses his entire infantry and then returns to the states just to be shunned by society, eventually turning to alcohol. Defeater will release their second LP, Empty Days and Sleepless Nights, in March of 2011.
Guy 1: "Hey man, you ready for the new Defeater album?"

Guy 2: "You mean Empty Days and Sleepless Nights? Hell yeah, it's album of the year for sure."
Defeater by whywontyoudie February 20, 2011