fall at the last 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 last hurdle due to disagreements over cross-border taxation.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Friedhelm	FREET-helm	German
Nadeem	-	Arabic, Urdu
Myrtle	MUR-təl	English
Isabelle	ee-za-BEL (French), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-sah-BEL-lə (Dutch)	French, English, German, Dutch
Bronius	-	Lithuanian
Ezhil	-	Tamil