An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.

他的事业还未起步，就差点因一次难堪的失误断送了。

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This embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.

这个令人难堪的错误几乎使他的事业还没起步就给夭折。

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But it never got off the ground; the program folded four months after he was picked to participate.

但是，这个任务从来就没有升上过天。弗尔涅选进来四个月之后，该任务宣告终止。

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I got off my horse and laid Powell on the ground.

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The plan never got off the ground, though Washington and Moscow differ over the reasons.

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Previous efforts to give the District a representative have never got off the ground.

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The house never got off the ground, but the ideas led to Gehry's surreal, titanium-clad Bilbao design.

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