come to nothing

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

come to nothing

(idiomatic) To fail completely; to have no result.
The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.

Synonyms

die in the ass (vulgar, slang)
come to nought
go to shit (vulgar, slang)

Translations

fail; have no result

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失敗 (zh), 失败 (zh) (shībài), 化為烏有 (zh), 化为乌有 (zh) (huàwéiwūyǒu), 毫無結果, 毫无结果 (háowú jiéguǒ), 不了了之 (zh) (bùliǎoliǎozhī)
Finnish: mennä hukkaan
French: ne servir à rien
German: im Sande verlaufen (de), es zu nichts bringen, zu nichts führen
Hungarian: füstbe megy

Ido: abortar (io)
Latin: pereō
Maori: takahē (mi)
Russian: ни к чему́ не привести́ (ni k čemú ne privestí)
Spanish: no servir para nada, quedar en nada, quedar en agua de borrajas

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