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Fail to come to fruition, as in This building project will wither on the vine if they don’t agree on a price. This expression alludes to grapes shriveling and drying up because they were not picked when ripe.
Fail to come to fruition, as in This building project will wither on the vine if they don’t agree on a price. This expression alludes to grapes shriveling and drying up because they were not picked when ripe.