(competition); (by extension) no longer able to postpone matters

end up being

垂れ絹, 垂れ衣: curtain, drapery; veil

Gaborone (the capital of Botswana)

Gaborone (the capital of Botswana)

(idiomatic) to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

(idiomatic) to reveal the faults (of someone)

(literally) beat-up cleaning cloth / Used in metaphor to describe one who is used and abandoned.

clothing

(archaic) clothes, clothing / a robe (as worn by a monk, nun, or priest) / a coating on an item of food, such as batter or icing / the outer shell or carapace of an insect or other arthropod