wither on the vine

We are living in a time of government withering on the vine.

And by most accounts, they have withered on the vine.

If over time, they wither on the vine, so be it.

"The law started off really well, but it just withered on the vine," he said.

Without one (or more) music in this country seems to be withering on the vine.

Under the present system private enterprise has been withering on the vine.

Don't go digital - let the telly wither on the vine.

Not when their offense seems to be withering on the vine in the dog days of summer.

"Without that livestock they run the risk of withering on the vine."

Its what he calls a branch office, may it wither on the vine.

We are allowing our culture to wither on the vine,' he said.

If the Conservatives win the next election, they may wither on the vine.

They just sort of sit around and wither on the vine."

Where field and farm could not be worked, towns withered on the vine.

But the money never materialized and the project withered on the vine in 2005.

But they had not done that, they'd left him in Switzerland to wither on the vine.

Between reporting and Indians my love life is beginning to wither on the vine.

But we believe that it's going to wither on the vine."

Granted, some of his plots and plans had withered on the vine.

"If we don't see a substantial move this fall, financial reform may wither on the vine."

Both technologies got bad reputations and withered on the vine.

Must he then wither on the vine until he also was dead?

If not, the strongpoint would soon wither on the vine.

By the time I was growing up - in the 1980s - apprenticeships had withered on the vine.

If they don't, the traditional English pub will continue to wither on the vine."