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(originally) To fall headlong from a horse. / (Britain, idiomatic) To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.

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come a cropper

Source Word

come a cropper

Verb

Britain idiomatic

(originally) To fall headlong from a horse. / (Britain, idiomatic) To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.

Japanese Meaning

馬から転落する（元々の意味） / 不運に見舞われる、失敗に終わる（英語のイディオム的な意味）

If he attempts that jump without practice, he might come a cropper and tumble into the mud.

そのジャンプを練習なしで試みると、馬から前のめりに落ちて泥に転げてしまうかもしれない。

Sense（1）

(originally) To fall headlong from a horse.

Sense（2）

(Britain, idiomatic) To suffer some accident or misfortune; to fail.

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

comes a cropper

（ present singular third-person ）

coming a cropper

（ participle present ）

came a cropper

（ past ）

come a cropper

（ participle past ）