go down a blind alley

To pursue something that ultimately does not lead to a fruitful or satisfactory outcome. After spending years trying to prove his hypothesis but failing to get the results he had hoped for, the physicist feared that he gone down a blind alley.

词组	go down a blind alley
释义	go down a blind alley go down a blind alley To pursue something that ultimately does not lead to a fruitful or satisfactory outcome. After spending years trying to prove his hypothesis but failing to get the results he had hoped for, the physicist feared that he gone down a blind alley. See also: alley, blind, down, go Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: blind alley blind alley, (up) a a blind alley on shaky ground shaky in practice snuff be not up to scratch be not up to snuff not up to par
随便看	to a person toast wolf at the door wolf at the/(one's) door wolf down wolf in sheep's clothing wolf in sheep's clothing, a work your passage work yourself into the ground work yourself/somebody to death work your socks off work your ticket work your way through college, etc. work your way up world world at (one's) feet world-beater world class world-class worlde world is my oyster, the world is one's oyster, the worldly worldly desires worldly wisdom