crash and burnとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

crash and burn (三人称単数 現在形 crashes かつ burns, 現在分詞 crashing かつ burning, 過去形および過去分詞形 crashed かつ burned)

1. (informal) To fail utterly.
   • 2016 April 26, Aditya Chakrabortty, “More rent than pay a mortgage: the Tory dream for London has crashed and burned”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     What these figures show you is how badly the Tory dream has crashed and burned. Not only do fewer Britons now own shares than they did in Thatcher’s time, but also in the capital owner-occupiers (both with mortgages かつ without) will soon be an outright minority.