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
Katashi	kah-tah-shee	Japanese
MieczysŁAwa	mye-chi-SWAH-vah	Polish
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
Raiden	-	Far Eastern Mythology
Proserpine	-	Roman Mythology
Anthoney	['æntəni]