C2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
fall by the wayside
USUK
to fail to continue, or to be forgotten or abandoned
Used for people who drop out and for plans or habits that are given up.
In context
Twenty students started the course, but half of them fell by the wayside.
When work got busy, my plans to go to the gym fell by the wayside.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again