turn up trumps

• come up trumps

turn up trumps

1. (idiomatic) To end up being successful when doing so was uncertain or unlikely.
   • 1915, Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier, part 1, chapter 4

     So nearly all her investment turned up trumps, and Edward was really in fit case to reopen Branshaw Manor and once more to assume his position in the county.

• come to nothing
• die in the ass (vulgar, slang)
• come to nought
• go to shit (vulgar, slang)