| 词汇 | come to nothing |
| 释义 | Idiom come to nothing and come to naught Theme: FAILURE to amount to nothing; to be worthless.So all my hard work comes to nothing.Yes, the whole project comes to naught. come to nothingTo result in no tangible or appreciable difference; to fail. Well, all of our efforts came to nothing in the end, really. The bank decided to foreclose on us regardless of the money we raised. come to nothingand come to naughtto amount to nothing; to be worthless. So all my hard work comes to nothing. Yes, the whole project comes to naught. come to nothingAlso, come to naught. Fail, as in All his efforts have come to nothing, or The last round of peace talks came to naught. The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the early 1600s. come to ˈnothing,not ˈcome to anything/muchnot have a successful result: The latest attempt to end the dispute came to nothing.They had a scheme for making a lot of money quickly, but it never came to anything. |
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