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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

fall flat
  1. 1. 毫无效果,达不到预想效果;完全失败;引不起兴趣,索然无味
  2. 2. 栽个嘴啃泥

Collins English-English Dictionary

fall flat
  1. 1. vt. to fail to achieve a desired effect
fall flat
  1. 1. adv to fail to achieve a desired effect, etc

Examples

to fall flat
[joke+] 毫无效果 fall
to fall flat
[joke, attempt+] 毫无效果 flat
跌了个狗吃屎
stumble and fall flat on one's face 狗吃屎
没有效验
prove ineffective; fall flat 效验
摔了个仰八叉
fall flat on one's back 仰八叉

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