for nothing Idiom, Proverb

for nothing

without payment无代价地；白费；无缘无故
They quarrelled for nothing．他们不为什么事情就吵架了。
I got it for nothing．我免费得到这东西。
I have not studied English for nothing．我没有白学了英语。
I have come all the way for nothing．我远道而来，毫无收获。
It was not for nothing that he spent three years studying the subject．他花了3年时间，研究这门学科，不是没有结果的。

want for nothing

Idiom(s): want for nothing

Theme: WEALTH

to lack nothing; to have everything one needs or wishes.
• The Smiths don't have much money, but their children seem to want for nothing.
• Jean's husband spoils her. She wants for nothing.

go for nothing|go|go for|go for naught|naught|noth

v. phr. To count for nothing; be useless; be wasted. What the teacher said went for nothing because the pupils did not pay attention. I hope that all your good work doesn't go for naught.
Compare: IN VAIN.

go for nothing

go for nothing
Be useless, serve no purpose. For example, He lost the case, so all our efforts on his behalf went for nothing. [Late 1500s] Also see go for, def. 2.

for nothing

1. For no money or added exchange; after charge. Because we had such an abominable experience, the administrator offered to accord us our meal for nothing. I'm accommodating to accord you the appliance for annihilation as continued as you can appear and aggregate it.2. After a allusive or acknowledged outcome. I can't accept they shut the activity down. Four months of assignment for nothing.3. For no purpose or reason. People don't alarm me Mr. Green Thumb for nothing! This isn't a big deal! You're accepting mad for nothing.Learn more: nothing

for ˈnothing

1 after paying; free: We got into the concert for annihilation because my uncle works there. ♢ They were giving packets of sweets abroad for annihilation at the bazaar this morning.
2 (do article and) not accomplish what you wanted; (do something) for no acumen or purpose: All that adamantine assignment for nothing! ♢ When I got to Berlin, he’d already left. I’d fabricated the adventure for nothing.Learn more: nothing

for nothing

1. Free of charge.
2. To no avail: all that agitation for nothing.
3. For no reason: fired him for nothing.Learn more: nothing

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More Idioms/Phrases

go down the drain go easy go for nothing go halfway go hard with