功敗垂成（功敗垂成）　

◎ 功敗垂成 gōngbài-chuíchéng

[There‘s many a slip between the cup and the lip;fail in a great undertaking on the verge of success] 功業(yè)即將取得成就之時突然失敗了

毋使臨渴而掘井,功敗垂成。——《孽?；ā?/p>

我明白,這個向來有淚不輕彈的硬漢,之所以傷心落淚,是在為自己那努力多年而功敗垂成的事業(yè)感到惋惜