come to grief

come to grief
1) плохо кончить, попасть в беду; хлебнуть горя; прогореть, обанкротиться; ≈ вылететь в трубу [этим. спорт. упасть с лошади]

‘I made certain he'd come to grief over that betting,’ he said. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Country House’, part II, ch. XI) — - я был уверен, - сказал он, - что игра на скачках не доведет его до добра.

You're all alike: you won't be satisfied till you've got what you want. If you must come to grief, you must; I wash my hands of it. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part I, ch. II) — Все вы одинаковы: не успокоитесь, пока не добьетесь своего. Если тебе суждено хлебнуть горя, ничего не поделаешь. я умываю руки.

It was hard to believe, too, that he had come to grief, lately, on the Stock Exchange. He carried himself with as much swagger and gay assurance as ever. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 65) — Глядя на Фриско, вы бы никогда не сказали, что он недавно прогорел на бирже. Он держался как всегда, уверенно и с веселой непринужденностью.

2) испортиться, выйти из строя; потерпеть аварию; попасть в аварию, искалечиться, разбиться

‘I beg your pardon!’ said Wimsey ‘our car has come to grief...’ ‘Your car broke down? That's bad. Come in!’ (D. L. Sayers, ‘The Nine Tailors’, ‘The First Course’) — - Прошу прощения, - сказал лорд Уимси, - у меня сломалась машина... - Сломалась машина? Это плохо. Ну что ж, входите.

A: "What's the matter with your arm?" B: "Oh, I came to grief in a motorbike race last Saturday." (SPI) — А: "Что у вас с рукой?" Б: "Попал в аварию на мотогонках в прошлую субботу".

Don't drive so fast or you'll come to grief. — Не гоните так машину, а то разобьетесь.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • come to grief — {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ * /Nick s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ * /The… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come to grief — {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ * /Nick s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down./ * /The… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • come to grief — ► come to grief have an accident; meet with disaster. Main Entry: ↑grief …   English terms dictionary

  • come to grief — 1) to be unsuccessful This is a ground where Rangers have come to grief in the past. 2) to have an accident The collection almost came to grief recently when a water pipe burst …   English dictionary

  • come to grief — verb To have a disastrous outcome. These elves and half elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps. (J.R.R. Tolkien) …   Wiktionary

  • come to grief — FAIL, meet with disaster, miscarry, go wrong, go awry, fall through, fall flat, founder, come to nothing, come to naught; informal come unstuck, come a cropper, flop, go phut; Brit. informal go pear shaped. → grief …   Useful english dictionary

  • come\ to\ grief — v. phr. To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. Bill came to grief learning to drive a car. Nick s hopes for a new house came to grief when the house he was building burned down. The fishing boat… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • come to grief — have a bad accident or disappointment He has recently come to much grief because of his son s problems with the police …   Idioms and examples

  • come to grief —    If someone or something comes to grief, they either have an accident, are destroyed or end in failure.     Their plans for a golf course came to grief when it was decided to build a motorway …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • come to grief — phrasal to encounter misfortune (as calamity, defeat, or ruin) < his campaign came to grief > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • come to grief — have an accident; meet with disaster. → grief …   English new terms dictionary


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