付之东流见“付诸东流”英all one’s efforts wasted; be irrevocally lost as sth. is thrown into the eastward flowing stream; cast to the winds;[查看详情]

半途而废废：停止。半路上停下来。比喻工作没做完就停止了。例君子遵道而行半途而废，吾弗能已矣。——《礼记中庸》陛下持之不坚半途而罢，伤威损费为弊必深。——韩愈《论淮西事宜状》英do sth.by halves; leave off sth.halfway; give up halfway;[查看详情]

功亏一篑堆山只亏欠一筐土而没有达到要求的高度。形容仅仅缺少再坚持一下的努力而告失败。例为山九仞，功亏一篑。——《尚书旅獒(o)》这个实验眼看就要成功了我们一定要坚持到底否则功亏一篑，那就太可惜了。英fall short of success for lack of a final effort;[查看详情]

一无所得什么东西也没有得到。谓毫无收获。[查看详情]

功败垂成功业即将取得成就之时突然失败了。例毋使临渴而掘井功败垂成。——《孽海花》我明白这个向来有泪不轻弹的硬汉之所以伤心落泪是在为自己那努力多年而功败垂成的事业感到惋惜。英There's many a slip between the cup and the lip; fail in a great undertaking on the[查看详情]