go nowhere
Spin your wheels
Go nowhere means to make no progress or produce no results.
A project goes nowhere when it stalls indefinitely.
A conversation or argument goes nowhere when neither side yields.
A career that goes nowhere lacks advancement.
The phrase often carries frustration—effort expended without forward movement: We talked for hours but it went nowhere.
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- come to nothingProduce no result
- haltComplete sudden stop
- futileIncapable of producing results
- waste of timeUnproductive expenditure of hours
spinning wheels · spinning your wheels · running in place · dead-end · tread water · stagnant · fail · rut · jam · flounder · fizzle · unproductive · deadlock · mire · gridlocked · hit a wall · hit a brick wall · run aground
go nowhereadvance
Move or progress forward
progress · move forward · make progress · make headway · gain ground
go nowherego places
Achieve notable success
arrive · get there · find one's way · make it