¿Qué significa "fall by the wayside" ?

They mostly do not ask to "fall by the wayside" ?
家族は大抵道端で倒れることを望まない?
Metaphor ?

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We must not forget the families of integrity keepers. They mostly do not ask to make this journey and "fall by the wayside" when the accolades are passed out for the whistleblowers. They’re like the families of service men and women and first responders — family members are unsung heroes.

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JLearner1417

18 jul 2015

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"Fall by the wayside" is an expression used to mean that something becomes "unimportant" or "forgotten" especially over time.

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JLearner1417

18 jul 2015

Inglés (US)

"Fall by the wayside" is an expression used to mean that something becomes "unimportant" or "forgotten" especially over time.

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417adorbs

19 jul 2015

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Thank you for your help as always. I still cannot logically connect the first and third sentence with the second sentence.

Could you paraphrase the whole sentence as below?

>They mostly do not ask to make this journey and "fall by the wayside" when the accolades are passed out for the whistleblowers.

417adorbs

25 jul 2015

Japonés

slyfinさん　また*100回答有難うございました。またよろしくお願いします。

JLearner1417

25 jul 2015

Inglés (US)

"Most of the time, they do not choose the path that they take. Because of this, they become unimportant after the whistleblowers get their rewards."

This is extremely high-level beyond native English you are studying! I did my best to re-state that sentence that you asked for accurately though I am missing the full on context of the passage that you have read since I can only read the small portion of it that you have typed out for me.

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417adorbs

25 jul 2015

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そうですよね。これは全文で9ページくらいの雑誌の記事なので、これだけではわかりにくいですよね。そんななか書き換えしていただき有難うございました。よい週末を！ Yeah, I understand what you mean. This is a part of the magazine article of 9-page long, so no wonder you have trouble grasping the gist of these short sentences. Thank you for your re-stating it anyway. Have a nice weekend!