die on the vine
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Meaning · English
To fail or be abandoned before coming to fruition
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
thất bại hoặc bị bỏ rơi trước khi đạt được mục tiêu
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: grapes dying on the vine
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The Church of England was meant to wither and die on the vine, not to survive.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “die on the vine” mean?
To fail or be abandoned before coming to fruition Literally: grapes dying on the vine
Is “die on the vine” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.