Γεια σας
come a cropper -----> αποτυγχάνω, τρώω τα μούτρα μου, άλλα;
Συμφραζόμενα
We cannot do … such and such and such and such… because of … these reasons. (Otherwise), we would come a cropper and we would get into a very bad shape.
Ποια μετάφραση θεωρείτε καλύτερη;
Θα αποτυγχάναμε
Θα τρώγαμε τα μούτρα μας
Άλλες ιδέες;
come a cropper: fail very badly. The expression literally refers to someone falling suddenly and violently and is related to the expression neck and crop, which means completely. The words crop and cropper probably come from croup and crupper (back end of a horse). In the 1800s, if someone fell forward off a horse, he was said to fall neck and crop (similar to the modern head over heels). Come a cropper then referred to coming to the ground in a neck-and-crop fall.
come a cropper -----> αποτυγχάνω, τρώω τα μούτρα μου, άλλα;
Συμφραζόμενα
We cannot do … such and such and such and such… because of … these reasons. (Otherwise), we would come a cropper and we would get into a very bad shape.
Ποια μετάφραση θεωρείτε καλύτερη;
Θα αποτυγχάναμε
Θα τρώγαμε τα μούτρα μας
Άλλες ιδέες;
come a cropper: fail very badly. The expression literally refers to someone falling suddenly and violently and is related to the expression neck and crop, which means completely. The words crop and cropper probably come from croup and crupper (back end of a horse). In the 1800s, if someone fell forward off a horse, he was said to fall neck and crop (similar to the modern head over heels). Come a cropper then referred to coming to the ground in a neck-and-crop fall.