I gave it up ... self-denial is where I come a cropper.

我放弃它了…是在自我克制的时候落马的。

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Dishonest people are bound to come a cropper in the end.

不老实的人到头来总是要栽跟头的。

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He is too clever by half, is that young man; one of these days he'll come a cropper.

这小伙子未免太聪明了一点，总有一天他要栽跟头的。

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UBS, it seems, has among other mishaps come a cropper on the hoariest of subjects: trading derivatives.

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More dramatically, Italy might have come a cropper too.

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