尻切れ蜻蛉

しりきれとんぼ【尻切れ蜻蛉】

¶彼の話は～だった

He could not finish his speech.

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しりきれとんぼ【尻切れ蜻蛉】

●尻切れとんぼになる be left unfinished [half done]

・せっかくまとまりかけた交渉も尻切れとんぼに終わってしまった. Negotiations, which had started to reach a settlement, were abruptly broken off.