| 释义 |       present participle of fall flat    1      as in striking outto be unsuccessful Her performance fell flat despite weeks of rehearsing.       striking out     collapsing     failing     falling short     flopping     flaming out     folding     washing out     missing     struggling     coming up empty     falling on one's face     dying on the vine     bombing     coming to grief     laying an egg     coming a cropper     flunking     tanking     foundering     cratering     going under     declining     crashing     skidding     crumbling     slipping     slumping     floundering     waning     misfiring     sinking     miscarrying     imploding     self-destructing       See More   working out     going     succeeding     coming off     delivering     panning out     going over     clicking     cooking     thriving     flourishing     prospering     prevailing     winning     triumphing     2      as in falling shortto go wrong Their game plan fell flat when their star player suffered an injury.       falling short     coming to grief     coming a cropper     failing     misfiring     miscarrying     stalling     missing     dying     washing out     flaming out     flopping     breaking down     struggling     conking (out)     folding     crashing     foundering     fizzling     flunking     skidding     floundering     waning     bombing     slumping     tanking     slipping     declining     busting          prevailing     succeeding     thriving     flourishing     prospering   |