大家好，今天我们分享一个非常有用且地道的表达——fall by the wayside, 这个短语的含义不是指“摔倒在路边”，其正确的含义是：

fall by the wayside （某人）半途而废，没能完成；（某物）被搁置，停止使用

So why does one company survive a recession while its competitors fall by the wayside?

为什么有些**能在萧条中生存，而其竞争者却纷纷**呢？

If you don't do your homework now, it won't be long before you fall by the wayside in this class.

如果现在不做你的作业，你这门课不久就会半途而废。

With the economy suffering, the president's plan for environmental reform has increasingly fallen by the wayside.

随着经济遭受重挫，总统的**改革计划会越来越被搁置。

25 students began the course but a lot of them have fallen by the wayside and only 12 will be taking the exam.

25个学生开始学习课程，但是他们当中许多半途而废，只有12个学生将会参加考试。

Only about half of this group will graduate. The rest will fall by the wayside.

这个组里面仅有一半的人将会毕业，其余的都没能完成学业。