come to nothing

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

come to nothing

1. (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／失败 (zh) (shībài), 失败 (zh) (shībài), 化為烏有／化为乌有 (zh) (huàwéiwūyǒu), 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
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• 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