go to pot; come a 'cropper; go belly up; go tits-up(Nick's devious plan went tits up when his colleagues discovered the facts — Nikov nepošteni plan je propao kada su njegove kolege otkrile činjenice); tits-up(Nick's devious plan went tits up when his colleagues discovered the facts — Nikov nepošteni plan je propao kada su njegove kolege otkrile činjenice)
muff(She muffed her chances of winning the race when she stumbled at the last hurdle — Pokvarila je šanse da pobedi u trci kada se spotakla o poslednju preponu)