come to grief

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To suffer a disastrous outcome.

Japanese Meaning

惨めな結果に終わる、または大きな失敗をする / 思いがけない災難に見舞われる / 破滅的な結末を迎える

Despite their careful planning, the expedition came to grief when an unexpected storm damaged their equipment.

入念な計画を立てていたにもかかわらず、予期せぬ嵐で装備が損傷し、遠征は悲惨な結末を迎えた。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To suffer a disastrous outcome.

These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps.

comes to grief

（ present singular third-person ）

coming to grief

（ participle present ）

came to grief

（ past ）

come to grief

（ participle past ）