The idea may fall flat at the end, but it is a modest fall.
The very idea of taking even prudent risk fell deep in fear's shadow.
However, his idea of travelling to Moscow for starting up a business career fell short when the war started.
Yet, as the old farmer might have warned me, even the most deeply rooted ideas can fall.
The school set an age limit for students - no older than 35 - so the ideas would fall on flexible minds.
But the idea, part of a larger eight-point plan, fell flat.
But the producers could not reach agreement on this issue, and the idea fell by the wayside.
They're meant to be shaken, vigorously, to see what ideas fall to the ground.
The idea of an official marriage fell right in with her plans.
However, the idea fell through and was never released.