grief

come to grief

to suddenly fail in what you are doing, often because you have an accident. The Italian champion was in second position when he came to grief on the third lap.

See also: come

get grief (informal)

give someone grief - to criticize someone angrily. I've been getting a load of grief off Julie because I came home late last night.

give someone grief (informal)

to criticize someone angrily. Don't give me any grief - I've done all I can!

See also: give

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come to grief

to end badly. His career as a lawyer came to grief after he became involved with gamblers.

See also: come

good grief

I am very surprised. "I have four computers at home" "Good grief. What do you do with them all?"

Usage notes: often used humorously, when someone pretends that a situation is more serious than it really is: Good grief, look at all this food! Are you feeding an army?

See also: good