"fall by the wayside" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔl baɪ ðə ˈweɪˌsaɪd/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-fall by the wayside.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls by the wayside [present, singular, third-person], falling by the wayside [participle, present], fell by the wayside [past], fallen by the wayside [participle, past]
Etymology: From the Parable of the Sower told by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, the term appearing in Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, and Luke 8:5. The parable is the story of a farmer who sows seed, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5). Jesus then explains: “The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside, are they that hear: then cometh the Devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.” (Luke 8:11–12, King James Version, spelling modernized.) The English term is derived from Ancient Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (épesen parà tḕn hodón, literally “fell beside the path”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν|lit=fell beside the path}} Ancient Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (épesen parà tḕn hodón, literally “fell beside the path”) Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> by the wayside}} fall by the wayside (third-person singular simple present falls by the wayside, present participle falling by the wayside, simple past fell by the wayside, past participle fallen by the wayside)
  1. (idiomatic) To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect. Wikipedia link: Parable of the Sower Tags: idiomatic Related terms: go by the wayside Translations (to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect): 虎頭蛇尾 (Chinese Mandarin), 虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi) (Chinese Mandarin), buiten de boot vallen (Dutch), falen (Dutch), être sur le carreau (French), rester sur le carreau (French), auf der Strecke bleiben (German), in Vergessenheit geraten (German), vernachlässigt werden (German), verkümmern (German), arenarsi (Italian), cadere nel dimenticatoio (Italian), fallire (Italian)

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "虎头蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "buiten de boot vallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "falen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "être sur le carreau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "rester sur le carreau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "auf der Strecke bleiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "in Vergessenheit geraten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "vernachlässigt werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "verkümmern"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "arenarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "cadere nel dimenticatoio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect",
      "word": "fallire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "не выдерживать чего́-либо (ne vyderživatʹ čevó-libo, literally “to not survive something”)",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "терпеть поражение (terpetʹ poraženije, literally “to suffer an ailment”)",
      "sense": "to fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall by the wayside"
}

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