Weekly Cantonese: Lam4 Mei5 Hoeng1 每週廣東話：臨尾香

Lam4 Mei5 Hoeng1 / 臨尾香

“to fall at the last hurdle” / Lam4 Mei5 Hoeng1

Meaning / 意思:
To fail right at the final moment after being very close to success; to “choke at the end.”
指本來好接近成功，但喺最後關頭突然失手、輸咗或者功虧一簣。

Example / 例句：

今日兵工廠又輸一場，本來仲有機會爭冠，點知關鍵時刻守唔住，隨時臨尾香，連冠軍都可能冇埋。

The red-and-white side lost again today...they still had a shot at the title, but couldn’t hold on at the crucial moment and might end up failing at the very last hurdle, possibly losing the championship.

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