单词 | to get nowhere |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also go) nowhere b. colloquial. to get (also go) nowhere: to fail to make progress; to meet with little success in a particular undertaking. ΚΠ 1847 J. H. Warland Plume 285 We shan't get nowhere, bimby, work as hard as we can. 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 35 Oh bother! I'm getting nowhere. Let's see. Why it must be some one you know, or that knows your circumstances. 1937 R. Riskin in Six Screenplays (1997) 538 But you were accomplishing nothing. You were going nowhere, and you knew it. 1962 E. Merriman Basics 74 My new doctor understands me. Really. With my old doctor I was getting nowhere fast. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 June 75/2 Peres's overambitious approach could go nowhere. < as lemmas |
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