A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

It is easy to get money from foolish people. / It is difficult or unlikely that foolish people maintain their hold on acquired wealth.

(idiomatic, usually with a negative) By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.

Cooking food for a man is a good way to win his affections.

You can't get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.

Apples are healthy and stave off illnesses. / Healthy eating prevents illness.

To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family. / (of animals) To manage to find enough food to survive.

(idiomatic) People of similar character, background, racial group or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another.

(idiomatic) To do something that attracts attention.

(idiomatic) To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate relative pitch.