空から振ぶり三さん振しん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

strikeout

Baseball term: a strikeout where the batter swings and misses. Literally 'swing-and-miss strikeout'.

See also: 三振

• 彼かれは空から振ぶり三さん振しんに倒たおれた。

  He went down on a swinging strikeout.

noun

repeated failures; vain attempts

Idiomatic use: trying hard several times but failing each time, like swinging and missing repeatedly. Often used with 〜に終わる.

• 彼かれの努ど力りょくは空から振ぶり三さん振しんに終おわった。

  His efforts ended in repeated failures.