Translation of "Set up for failure" in German

You set yourself up for failure when your expectations are too high.

Yet, instead of preparing these children for life, too many schools set them up for failure.

Unless Pillars 1, 2 and 3 are working towards the common goal, any other mechanism we set up is bound for failure.

I think she's trying to haze me [Sighs] Or set me up for a failure or, uh, maybe kill me.

This is the reason why all reactionaries from the sell-out reactionary nationalists to revisionists of all sorts are claiming these classes whilst in reality all what they seek to do is to trick these classes into accepting them as their leaders and set up their struggles for failure.

As Stearns told Mic, young people expect their romantic partners to be their “soulmate” and their best friend, which can potentially set them up for failure in the dating world.

If you call your dog whilst he's in the middle of the ritual he won't respond and you will set yourself up for failure with the exercise.

She understands that it will take some time, she's not set herself up for failure by having unrealistic expectations.

If granted, it would set the defendant up for failure in making future payments to the bank.

Failure to start the person off on the correct foot can sabotage the entire test and set the person up for failure.

She was just setting herself up for failure.

If you do, you'll just be setting yourself up for failure.

If you use those standards for your perfect body, you are setting yourself up for failure.

Do extensive research to be sure you're not setting yourself up for failure.

Could it be that when creating your goal for 2014, you started by setting yourself up for failure?

Putin or his collaborators seem to be setting up Medvedev for a failure, suggesting that their jealousy of Medvedev’s limited power is greater than their interest in defending Russia’s national interests.

Unrealistic expectations sets you up for failure and disappointment, but you CAN get your figure back if you are patient and take it one step at a time.

If you don't have a cover letter, or if you have one that is poorly written, you're setting yourself up for failure.

Water is the healthiest and cheapest replacement for soda, but quitting soda cold turkey and making the big switch to water might mean setting yourself up for failure.

When you are very restrictive and will never allow the draft, you're setting yourself up for failure.

Markets are unpredictable as-is, but to add the additional pressure of needing to win 75-80% of trades, speculators are setting themselves up for failure because, likely, they will NOT be winning that often with regularity.