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come a cropper

1. slang To fall down. Primarily heard in UK. These shoes are too big and caused me to come a cropper as I was walking down the street.

2. slang To fail completely. Primarily heard in UK. Once heralded as a future star of the tech world, Shane came a cropper when his product proved to be a dud.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

come a cropper

Fig. to have a misfortune; to fail. (Meaning 'fall off one's horse.') Bob invested all his money in the stock market just before it fell. Boy, did he come a cropper. Jane was out all night before she took her final. She really came a cropper.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

come a cropper

BRITISH, INFORMAL

COMMON

1. If someone comes a cropper, they suffer a sudden and embarrassing failure. Ferguson came a cropper when the economy collapsed. Scott must concentrate on learning his new trade. He will come a cropper if he thinks he knows it all before he starts. Banks dabbling in industry can easily come a cropper.

2. If you come a cropper, you accidentally fall and hurt yourself. She came a cropper on the last fence. I came a cropper on a patch of ice just outside my house. Note: `Cropper' may come from the expression `to fall neck and crop', meaning to fall heavily. A bird's `crop' is a pouch in its throat where it keeps food before digesting it.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

come a cropper

1 fall heavily. 2 suffer a defeat or disaster. informal

Sense 1 appears to have originated in mid 19th-century hunting jargon, and possibly came from the phrase neck and crop meaning ‘bodily’ or ‘completely’.

2 1980 Shirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse.

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

come a ˈcropper

(British English, informal)
1 fall (to the ground): Pete came a cropper on his motorbike and ended up in hospital.
2 fail badly, usually when you are expected to do well: She’s so confident she’ll pass her exams without doing any work, but I’ve got a feeling she’s going to come a real cropper.

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

come a cropper

To fail utterly.

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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

come a-cropper

To fail badly. “Cropper” comes from a horse's croup or crupper, the part of the animal's back behind the saddle. Someone who parted company from his horse (an involuntary dismount, so to speak) was said to fall “neck and crop.” That became “come a-cropper,” first appearing in the foxhunting author Robert S. Surtees' 1858 novel Ask Mamma: [He] “rode at an impracticable fence, and got a cropper for his pains.” The phrase was picked up and applied to any misadventure, equestrian or otherwise.

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释义	cropper Related to cropper: come a cropper come a cropper 1. slang To fall down. Primarily heard in UK. These shoes are too big and caused me to come a cropper as I was walking down the street. 2. slang To fail completely. Primarily heard in UK. Once heralded as a future star of the tech world, Shane came a cropper when his product proved to be a dud. See also: come, cropper Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. come a cropper Fig. to have a misfortune; to fail. (Meaning 'fall off one's horse.') Bob invested all his money in the stock market just before it fell. Boy, did he come a cropper. Jane was out all night before she took her final. She really came a cropper. See also: come, cropper McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. come a cropper BRITISH, INFORMAL COMMON 1. If someone comes a cropper, they suffer a sudden and embarrassing failure. Ferguson came a cropper when the economy collapsed. Scott must concentrate on learning his new trade. He will come a cropper if he thinks he knows it all before he starts. Banks dabbling in industry can easily come a cropper. 2. If you come a cropper, you accidentally fall and hurt yourself. She came a cropper on the last fence. I came a cropper on a patch of ice just outside my house. Note: `Cropper' may come from the expression `to fall neck and crop', meaning to fall heavily. A bird's `crop' is a pouch in its throat where it keeps food before digesting it. See also: come, cropper Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. come a cropper 1 fall heavily. 2 suffer a defeat or disaster. informal Sense 1 appears to have originated in mid 19th-century hunting jargon, and possibly came from the phrase neck and crop meaning ‘bodily’ or ‘completely’. 2 1980 Shirley Hazzard The Transit of Venus He had seen how people came a cropper by giving way to impulse. See also: come, cropper Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary come a ˈcropper (British English, informal) 1 fall (to the ground): Pete came a cropper on his motorbike and ended up in hospital. 2 fail badly, usually when you are expected to do well: She’s so confident she’ll pass her exams without doing any work, but I’ve got a feeling she’s going to come a real cropper. See also: come, cropper Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary come a cropper To fail utterly. See also: come, cropper American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. come a-cropper To fail badly. “Cropper” comes from a horse's croup or crupper, the part of the animal's back behind the saddle. Someone who parted company from his horse (an involuntary dismount, so to speak) was said to fall “neck and crop.” That became “come a-cropper,” first appearing in the foxhunting author Robert S. Surtees' 1858 novel Ask Mamma: [He] “rode at an impracticable fence, and got a cropper for his pains.” The phrase was picked up and applied to any misadventure, equestrian or otherwise. See also: come Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: come a cropper come a-cropper come a gutser bounce up and down be down to (one) be down to somebody/something be down to something be down to (do something) close down close down and shut down References in periodicals archive Music in the Round was the brainchild of Peter Cropper who came up with the idea several years ago when he was leader of the acclaimed Lindsay String Quartet. Intimate chamber music comes round; CLASSICAL Similarly, Cropper suggests it would be a misconception to assume the Olympic Games were seen as a celebration of sports for all, as they are now. Playing at Monarchy: Sport as Metaphor in Nineteenth-Century France The AQM men escaped from the Camp Cropper prison complex, near Baghdad International Airport, on July 20, though Iraqi officials did not make the news public for 48 hours. Again The Qaeda Challenge At the request of the Iraqi authorities, US wardens will continue to guard around 200 of Cropper's 1,500 detainees. US hands over last Iraqi jail Cropper was originally a tented site but it was upgraded after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2004 where photographs showed naked and hooded Iraqi prisoners being beaten and humiliated by their US guards. US army handing over last prison in Iraq For example, Cropper does not discuss horsemanship, and yet, the horse was a powerful symbol of a historical (and "natural," it was believed) privilege to lead both at home and on the battlefield. Cropper, Corry. Playing at Monarchy: Sport as Metaphor in Nineteenth-Century France It is worth a careful read not just to absorb Cropper's patiently researched investigation of this particular incident and its fortuna critica, but also as a model of art-historical research employing all the tools and approaches available to work out from the specific images to others of similar themes and then to broader issues of imitation versus emulation, or innovation versus tradition. The Domenichino Affair. Novelty, Imitation and Theft in Seventeenth-Century Rome 'We wanted to acknowledge the university but we didn't want to call ourselves the Keele Quartet as we knew we would eventually move on,' explains Cropper. Culture: String quartet takes final bow; The Lindsays, alias the Lindsay String Quartet, are playing some of their final West Midlands dates before disbanding after 40 years as a leading international ensemble. Terry Grimley talks to leader Peter Cropper and recalls his venture into music promotion with the group 30 years ago Somewhere near Baghdad International Airport is a U.S.-run prison with the stern designation ''High Value Detention Site'' and the jaunty name of Camp Cropper. It was in the news last week following reports of a visit by Iraq's new minister for human rights, Bakhtiar Amin, to the prison's most highly valued detainee, ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, whose life has certainly come a cropper since a U.S.-led coalition invaded his country last year. Japanese editorial excerpts -2- Even though they are running late, Cropper stops inspecting their bags to hug and kiss her "angel boys." She licks her fingertips to reshape their eyebrows and playfully pats their hair. Balancing family and career: do-it-all mom successfully combines workday and parental duties. (Parenting) When Potts, 42, Mercer, 37, and 36-year-old Cropper realised that the incident had been caught on their club's security camera, they hatched a plan to blackmail multi-millionaire Crowe. ROMAN BADIATOR; Star blackmailed after his punch-up is caught on CCTV In their study, economists Maureen Cropper of the University of Maryland and George Van Houtven of East Carolina University examined regulations under three environmental laws: the asbestos ban under the Toxic Substances Control Act; pesticides regulated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act from 1975 to 1989; and air pollutants governed by the Clean Air Act from 1975 to 1990. The price of life (Alliance News) - Paper and technical fibre maker James Cropper PLC held its dividend Tuesday after annual profit fell sharply amid rising raw material costs, despite revenue and underlying performance continuing to strengthen. James Cropper Holds Dividend On Sales Growth Despite Costs Profit Pain CAFE owner Roy Cropper dramatically leapt out of the way of a car in Wednesday's episode of Coronation Street. Roy's forward rolls! but fans left in stitches by the unconvincing stunt double used in dramatic coronation street scene IT is a moment in his life which former Mail telephonist Ian Cropper insists he will never forget. Haunted by the hatred in that voice for 40 years; EXTRACTS FROM THE MAIL'S 1974 CALL LOGBOOK..
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