功亏一篑

gōng kuī yī kuì

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Definitionen

  1. 1. lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
  2. 2. to fail through lack of a final effort
  3. 3. to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)