fall by the wayside

Etymology
From the told by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, the term appearing in Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, and Luke 8:5. The parable is the story of a farmer who sows seed, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5). Jesus then explains: “The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside, are they that hear: then cometh the Devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.” (Luke 8:11–12, King James Version, spelling modernized.)

The English term is derived from.

Verb

 * 1)  To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 虎頭​蛇尾
 * Dutch: buiten de boot vallen,
 * French: ,
 * German:, in Vergessenheit geraten, vernachlässigt werden,
 * Italian: arenarsi, cadere nel dimenticatoio,
 * Russian: не выдерживать чего́-либо, терпеть поражение