come to nothing
Verb
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Verb
- (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.
- come to nought
- die in the ass (vulgar, slang)
- go to shit (vulgar, slang)
- French: ne servir à rien
- German: im Sande verlaufen, es zu nichts bringen, zu nichts führen
- Russian: ни к чему́ не привести́
- Spanish: no servir para nada, quedar en nada, quedar en agua de borrajas, salir huero
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