到头来

bù lǎo shi de rén dào tóu lái zǒng shì yào zāi gēn tou de

不老实的人到头来总是要栽跟头的。

Dishonest people are bound to come a cropper in the end.

dào xíng nì shī dào tóu lái zhǐ néng bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

倒行逆施，到头来只能搬起石头砸自己的脚。

You are trying to put the clock back and go against the tide. In the end it amounts to lifting a rock only to drop it on your own foot.

huài rén dào tóu lái bù huì yǒu hǎo xià chǎng de

坏人到头来不会有好下场的。

Bad people are bound to suffer in the end.

dào tóu lái zhú lán dǎ shuǐ yī chǎng kōng

到头来，竹篮打水一场空。

Finally, it is like drawing water with a sieve.

dào tóu lái bái bái liú le xǔ duō yǎn lèi

到头来白白流了许多眼泪。

It turned out to be a lot of tears over nothing.