不ふ発はつに終おわる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

misfire; come to nothing; end in failure; fizzle out; fall flat

Used when a plan, attempt, or effort fails to produce the intended result, often with a sense of anticlimax. The literal meaning is 'to end as a misfire', from 不発 (misfire, failure to fire).

• 彼かれの計けい画かくは不ふ発はつに終おわった。

  His plan ended in failure.

• せっかくの提てい案あんも不ふ発はつに終おわってしまった。

  Even the carefully prepared proposal fizzled out.