spalić na panewce

Etymology
lit. 'to burn on [the] flash pan', from the fact that in old firearm designs, gunpowder would sometimes combust on the flash pan, causing the bullet not to be released.

Verb

 * 1)  to die on the vine, to fizzle, to fizzle out, to go off half-cocked, to go up in flames, to go up in smoke