Their plans for opening a restaurant 'came to grief' when they failed to get a loan.
He has been unable to recover from his 'grief' at/over his son's death.
“He's burned the toast.” “'Good grief'! Can't he do anything right?”
(..) to deny the return of the king, steward. The rule of Gondor is mine and no other's. Come. All has turned to vain ambition. He would even use his grief as a cloak. A thousand years this city has stood. Now, at the whim of a madman, it will fall. (..)2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King