плохо кончить(I reasoned the thing out. If Plank had come to a sticky end since I had seen him last and had started on a haunting career, I said to myself, why should he be haunting Maiden Eggesford when the whole of equatorial Africa was open to him? (P.G. Wodehouse)ART Vancouver)
поставить крест на(Sadly, that was as far as they went – South Africa put a decisive end to the host nation's dreams for this particular world cup.Maria Klavdieva)