单词 | to come to nothing |
释义 | > as lemmasto come to nothing P8. to come to nothing: to have no significant or successful result or effect in the end; to fail, to amount to nothing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing forworthc1000 folda1250 quailc1450 fruster?a1513 to come to nothing1523 to give out?1523 to fall to the ground?1526 quealc1530 to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604 intercide1637 to fall to dirt1670 to go off1740 to fall through1770 to fall apart1833 collapse1838 to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872 to blow up1934 to blow out1939 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cclixv/2 At last all came to nothynge. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 5 All Master Cartwrights arguments falleth from one to one, till it come to nothing at all. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. x. 364 Her promises came to nothing. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. i. 14 Nor was it his fault that it came to nothing. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 237 All my Fancies and Schemes came to nothing. 1769 tr. L. Spallanzani Ess. Animal Reprod. 40 As to the unfecundated eggs, they only spoil, dissolve, and come to nothing. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. ii. 44 His falling in love with Julia had come to nothing. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Nov. 3/3 The perennial talk of an ivory famine has as yet come to nothing. 1932 Times 4 Jan. 5/2 Repeated passing moves, testing punts ahead, and forward rushes by South Africa all came to nothing. 1956 N. Coward Diary 11 July (2000) 327 I shall be hopping mad if..the whole business comes to nothing. 2010 Private Eye 28 May 31/1 All their efforts came to nothing. < as lemmas |
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