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come a cropper
释义
遭受失败，遭受挫折：意指遭遇失败、遭受挫折或不幸的情况。
例句
1·I gave it up ... self-denial is where I come a cropper .
我放弃它了…是在自我克制的时候落马的。
2·Dishonest people are bound to come a cropper in the end.
不老实的人到头来总是要栽跟头的。
3·He is too clever by half, is that young man; one of these days he'll come a cropper .
这小伙子未免太聪明了一点，总有一天他要栽跟头的。
同义词
猛摔一跤；遭到惨败；陷入不幸
meet one's Waterloo
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