In the end, he came to grief because he did not follow instructions.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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
