- come to nothing / come to naught
- Come to nothing / come to naughtсойти на нет, уменьшиться до нуляSo all my hard work comes to nothing.
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms. 2014.
come to nothing / come to naught
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come\ to\ naught — • come to naught formal • come to nothing v. phr. To end in failure; fail; be in vain. The dog s attempts to climb the tree after the cat came to nothing … Словарь американских идиом
come to naught — phrasal see come to nothing * * * come to naught (archaic) To come to nothing, fail • • • Main Entry: ↑naught * * * be ruined or foiled … Useful english dictionary
come to nothing — also {formal}[come to naught] {v. phr.} To end in failure; fail; be in vain. * /The dog s attempts to climb the tree after the cat came to nothing./ … Dictionary of American idioms
come to nothing — also {formal}[come to naught] {v. phr.} To end in failure; fail; be in vain. * /The dog s attempts to climb the tree after the cat came to nothing./ … Dictionary of American idioms
naught — naught, nought Naught is an archaic or literary word meaning ‘nothing’ and it survives chiefly in phrases such as come to naught or set at naught. In BrE nought is the term for the digit 0 (zero in AmE). The game called noughts and crosses in BrE … Modern English usage
come\ to\ nothing — • come to naught formal • come to nothing v. phr. To end in failure; fail; be in vain. The dog s attempts to climb the tree after the cat came to nothing … Словарь американских идиом
naught — /nawt/, n. 1. nothing. 2. a cipher (0); zero. 3. come to naught, to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail. 4. set at naught, to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught. adj. 5 … Universalium
naught — /nɔt / (say nawt) noun 1. Archaic or Poetic nothing. 2. destruction, ruin, or complete failure: to bring to naught; to come to naught. 3. Chiefly US → nought (def. 1). –adjective Obsolete 4. worthless; useless. 5. lost; ruined. 6. morally bad;… …
come to nothing — phrasal also come to naught : to be fruitless : result in failure all their efforts came to nothing * * * come to nothing 1. To have little or no result 2. To turn out a failure • • • Main Entry: ↑nothing … Useful english dictionary
naught — noun (U) old use nothing: He cared naught for public opinion. | come to naught (=fail): All their plans came to naught … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
naught — n. & adj. n. 1 archaic or literary nothing, nought. 2 US = NOUGHT. adj. (usu. predic.) archaic or literary worthless; useless. Phrases and idioms: bring to naught ruin; baffle. come to naught be ruined or baffled. set at naught disregard; despise … Useful english dictionary
