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Tripped at the finish line 

(Tripping at the finish line. Trip at the finish line)

An idiom describing a situation where one does great at a subject, until near the end.

Note : To stay true to the meaning, the mistake has to have a great detrimental effect their overall performance.
Jake : Wow, Samantha is an amazing student! She has perfect attendance, she always seems to have the right answers, she turns in her homework everyday, and she aces all of the quizzes.

Tammy : Yeah, but didn't you hear? She completely failed the finals. She totally tripped at the finish line!

Breakfast at Tiffany's

A romantic comedy movie written by Truman Capote and starring Audrey Hepburn. Capote intended for the protagonist to be portrayed by Marilyn Monroe, however Monroe backe out after being told that the role wouldn't be good for her image. The film is known mostly for the elegance and quirkiness of Hepburn's character Holly Golightly. The title is derived from the opening scene where Holly, after attending a party, is window-shopping at a Tiffany's boutique at six in the morning while munching on a danish pastry. The movie depicts the romance of a high-class escort (Holly Golightly) who falls in love with an up-and-coming writer (Paul 'Fred' Varjak - portrayed by George Peppard).
Breakfast at Tiffany's is the ultimate Audrey Hepburn movie.

I bite my thumb at thou! 

Actually, Shakespeare never used this specific phrase. If he had, the gramtically correct way to say it would be "I bite my thumb at thee!"
I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it.

--Shakespeare (from Romeo and Juliet)

drop the cosby kids off at the pool 

Yo man, where you goin?
Shit! I gotta drop the cosby kids off at the pool!

dining at the y 

a euphemism for performing oral sex, usually cunnilingus. The allusion is to both eating out and to shape of receiver's body and spread legs forming the shape of the letter Y. Sometimes abbreviated as DATY.
Of the things I like to do with a woman in bed, dining at the y is one of my favorites.

drop the Cosby kids off at the pool 

verb.
The act of pooping.
"I gotta go drop the Cosby kids off at the pool"