die on the vine

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fail at an early stage or never come to fruition, typically due to neglect, infeasibility, or lack of resources. idiomatic
    — His ambitious plan to build a flying car died on the vine.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see die, on, the, vine.

词形变化

dies on the vine present,singular,third-person dying on the vine participle,present died on the vine participle,past died on the vine past

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