Descended precipitously/ to suffer a dreadful (shocking) come-down
To descend sharply or in a startling, astonishing manner.
("Her impurity at her hem she did not remember; her end she did not recall, and she descended precipitously; there is no comforter for her. 'See, O LORD, my affliction, for the enemy has greatly increased'" - Lamentations 1:9, and likewise: "And the helper stumbled and fell from his position and descended precipitously" - S. Y. Agnon / סיפורי הבעש"ט, החברים)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָרַד פְּלָאִים
Definition (Hebrew)
יָרַד בְּצוּרָה חַדָּה אוֹ מְעוֹרֶרֶת פְּלִיאָה.
("טֻמְאָתָהּ בְּשׁוּלֶיהָ לֹא זָכְרָה אַחֲרִיתָהּ וַתֵּרֶד פְּלָאִים אֵין מְנַחֵם לָהּ. רְאֵה ה' אֶת עָנְיִי כִּי הִגְדִּיל אוֹיֵב"- אֵיכָה א ט, וְכֵן:"וְכָשַׁל הָעוֹזֵר וְנָפַל מִמַּדְרֵגָתוֹ וְיָרַד פְּלָאִים"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַחֲבֵרִים)