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| ambition was his undoing (Novoross) | |||
| greed was his or her, etc undoing; greed was the undoing of a dimwit ("Фраер" употребляется, в том числе, в значении "простак", "недалёкий человек", "глупый человек" VLZ_58); money hunger has ruined a sucker (VLZ_58); greed did him in (о ком-либо, кто пожадничал и потерял всё said of someone who was too greedy and lost everything as a result) | |||