爛laan6尾mei5

English

1. (of a construction project etc) unfinished; derailed (due to critical setbacks)
2. to be unable to finish a project; to mess up at the end; to have a bad end

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 收尾或完結做得唔好

Examples

• 爛尾樓

  unfinished building (usually because of the constructor has financial problems)

• 又係一套爛尾嘅劇。

  Yet another soap opera with an anti-climatic ending.

• 我哋又換咗個老細，睇嚟呢個項目會爛尾㗎喇。

  Our old boss left, so it seems like the project will be left in limbo.