كيف تنطق "come to grief"

expression

KUHM tuh GREEF

kuhm too GREEF

التعريف

To fail badly, have serious problems, or suffer an accident; often used when someone or something meets with trouble or disaster.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈkəm/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈɡɹif

الإنجليزية البريطانية

kˈʌm/ /tˈuː/ /ɡɹˈiːf

أمريكي

KUHM tuh GREEF

بريطاني

kuhm too GREEF

The car came to grief on the icy road.

Several hikers came to grief in the storm.

The old plan finally came to grief.

If you drive too fast on wet roads, you might come to grief.