成语中英翻译精选 第160期:功败垂成
日期:2015-12-01 14:25(单词翻译:单击)

功败垂成
A slip betwixt the cup and the lip.
A flash in the pan.
eg: Tom is disqualified at the final round, a slip betwixt the cup and the lip.
中英俚语俗语来源:汉书:“垂成之功,败于一日。”
同义词:功亏一篑 Look back from the plough.
反义词:一蹦而就 At one stroke.
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