词组 | fall by the wayside |
释义 | 1 fail to persist in an endeavour or undertaking. 2 be left without attention or help. ☞ In sense 1 the phrase alludes to the biblical parable of the sower in Mark 4:3–20, and in particular to verse 4: 'And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up'. |
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