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.

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	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 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 gutser bounce up and down come down with 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 I'm always running in heels and I come a-cropper all the time, falling over wires and all sorts, but I've never fallen on the live show, thank God.' See more on p6. Our COVER STAR If they get past the quarterfinals, they will be a serious danger to any team but could come a-cropper against Armagh in the semis. Football: STANDING IN DUBLIN'S WAY. Just as an unhealthy obsession with wanting to see a colleague or neighbour come a-cropper lays bare our own insecurities and paranoia, the pathological anti-English anger simmering in the breasts of some of our compatriots is an unhealthy sign. Mind Matters Janet Betts, of Latchingdon, Essex - mum of Ecstasy victim Leah Betts, 18 - said: "It makes me think things like `I wish these pop stars could come a-cropper.' " Rage over pop idol's ranting
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