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
Polona	-	Slovene
DesidÉRia	-	Portuguese
Read	REED	English (Rare)
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Sidony	-	English (Archaic)
Mus'ad	-	Arabic