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Definition 2024

come_to_nothing

come to nothing

English

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 U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.

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
German: im Sande verlaufen, es zu nichts bringen, zu nichts führen
Hungarian: füstbe megy
Latin: pereo
Maori: takahē
Russian: ни к чему́ не привести́ ‎(ni k čemú ne privestí)
Spanish: no servir para nada, quedar en nada

Synonyms

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