come a cropper

短语

猛摔一交, 遭到惨败

发音

AU

词形变化

came a cropper comes a cropper 三单 comes a cropper coming a cropper coming a cropper 现在分词 came a cropper 过去式

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To fall headlong from a horse.

  2. 2.

    To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.

    习语

    She came a cropper on the stairs and broke her leg.

  3. 3.

    To die.

    非正式

词源

Possibly from the phrase neck and crop, in which crop may refer to the backside of a horse.

来源：wiktionary