come to nothing

English

come to nothing (third-person singular simple present comes to nothing, present participle coming to nothing, simple past came to nothing, past participle come to nothing)

(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.
- 2022 May 18, Peter Robinson, “Rail freight: innovations... and failures”, in RAIL, number 957, page 54, photo caption:
  Yet another road/railer trial that came to nothing.

fail; have no result

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失敗／失败 (zh) (shībài), 化為烏有／化为乌有 (zh) (huàwéiwūyǒu), 不了了之 (zh) (bùliǎoliǎozhī), 毫無結果／毫无结果 (háowú jiéguǒ)
Czech: přijít vniveč
Finnish: mennä hukkaan
French: ne servir à rien
German: im Sande verlaufen (de), es zu nichts bringen, zu nichts führen
Hungarian: füstbe megy, kútba esik (hu)
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, salir huero

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