come up short

to fail to win or achieve something 未能赢取；未能获得

We’ve been to the state tournament four times, but we’ve come up short every time.

我们四次参加州锦标赛，每一次都落败而归。

Examples from the Corpus

come up short• He struck the ball tentatively, and it came up short.• I went home, wanting to do something very special, but came up short.• Judged by their own standards, they came up short.• This analysis often reveals why some groups regularly succeed and others regularly come up short.• We're so close to getting the job done, but we keep coming up short.• Riley keeps coming up short, but insists on coming right back to pound the same hammer with the same nail.• We've been to the state tournament four times, but we've come up short every time.• Kansas played well for 38 minutes but came up short in the end.• If we keep coming up short, tax the Patagonians.

→ come up short at short3(11)

单词	come up short
释义	come up short come up short to fail to win or achieve something 未能赢取；未能获得 We’ve been to the state tournament four times, but we’ve come up short every time. 我们四次参加州锦标赛，每一次都落败而归。 Examples from the Corpus come up short• He struck the ball tentatively, and it came up short.• I went home, wanting to do something very special, but came up short.• Judged by their own standards, they came up short.• This analysis often reveals why some groups regularly succeed and others regularly come up short.• We're so close to getting the job done, but we keep coming up short.• Riley keeps coming up short, but insists on coming right back to pound the same hammer with the same nail.• We've been to the state tournament four times, but we've come up short every time.• Kansas played well for 38 minutes but came up short in the end.• If we keep coming up short, tax the Patagonians. → come up short at short3(11)
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