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Newt Heilscher

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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in evidence

[in evidence] {adj. phr.} Easily seen; noticeable. * /The little boy's measles were very much in evidence./ * /The tulips were blooming; spring was in evidence./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Lynda Lee-Potter

Daily Mail (May 16, 1984) Powerful men often succeed through the help of their wives. Powerful women only succeed in spite of their husbands. www.english-slang.com

evidence

[evidence] See: [IN EVIDENCE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in the cards

[in the cards] also [on the cards] {adj. phr.}, {informal} To be expected; likely to happen; foreseeable; predictable. * /It was in the cards for the son to succeed his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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