fall at the final hurdle

To fail to accomplish some task or goal at the very end of the attempt. Negotiations between the two warring countries fell at the final hurdle due to disagreements over cross-border taxation.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ekaitz	-	Basque
Haroun	-	Arabic
Evgenia	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Sokrates	-	Ancient Greek
Sutton	['sʌtən]
Chandan	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Odia