词语

事败垂成事情在快要成功时失败了英fail on the verge of success;abortive attempt

功堕垂成功：成功；堕：通“隳”毁坏；垂：接近将近；成：成功。指事情接近成功的时候却遭到了失败。

垂成事情将近成功。例功败垂成。英be crowned with success;

败于垂成谓临近成功时遭到失败。

功败垂成功业即将取得成就之时突然失败了。例毋使临渴而掘井功败垂成。——《孽海花》我明白这个向来有泪不轻弹的硬汉之所以伤心落泪是在为自己那努力多年而功败垂成的事业感到惋惜。英There's many a slip between the cup and the lip; fail in a great undertaking on the