It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
~Pride & Prejudice

well I mean technically “fails horribly” is just “bad at failing” so google translate isn’t WRONG… so…