come a cropper

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fall headlong from a horse.
  2. To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail. UK,idiomatic
    — She came a cropper on the stairs and broke her leg.
  3. To die. informal
    — “No, Cynthia is a protégée of my mother’s, the daughter of an old schoolfellow of hers, who married a rascally solicitor. He came a cropper, and the girl was left an orphan and penniless. My mother came to the rescue, and Cynthia has been with us nearly two years now.”

词形变化

comes a cropper present,singular,third-person coming a cropper participle,present came a cropper past come a cropper participle,past

词汇关系

近义词
go a cropper
相关词
neck and crop

词源

Possibly from the phrase neck and crop, in which crop may refer to the backside of a horse.
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