come+to+nothing
11come to nothing — ended with nothing, ended with no result …
12come to nothing — end in failure All his efforts to help his sister find a job came to nothing …
13come to nothing — have no significant or successful result. → come …
14Nothing comes from nothing — (Latin: ex nihilo nihil fit) is a philosophical expression of a thesis first argued by Parmenides. It is associated with ancient Greek cosmology, such as presented not just in the opus of Homer and Hesiod, but also in virtually every… …
15Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M. — Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M. How I Met Your Mother episode Episode no. Season 1 Episode 18 Directed by Pamela Fryman Writt …
16come\ 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 …
17come — come1 [ kʌm ] (past tense came [ keım ] ; past participle come) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel (to here) ▸ 2 reach particular state ▸ 3 start doing something ▸ 4 reach particular point ▸ 5 be received ▸ 6 happen ▸ 7 exist or be produced ▸ 8 be… …
18nothing comes of nothing — Cf. ALCAEUS Fragment cccxx. (Lobel Page) οὐδὲν ἐκ δενὸς γένοιτο, nothing comes of nothing; L. ex nihilo nihil fit. c 1380 CHAUCER Boethius v. pr. i. For this sentence is verray and soth, that ‘no thing hath his beynge of naught’. 1551 CRANMER… …
19come to — phrasal verb Word forms come to : present tense I/you/we/they come to he/she/it comes to present participle coming to past tense came to past participle come to 1) come to someone [transitive] if something comes to you, you think of it or… …
20nothing — noth|ing1 W1S1 [ˈnʌθıŋ] pron [: Old English; Origin: nan thing, nathing no thing ] 1.) not anything or no thing ▪ Nothing ever happens in this town. ▪ There s nothing in this box. ▪ There was nothing else the doctors could do. ▪ He had nothing… …
