go nowhere (fast)

go nowhere (fast)

To ultimately yield or achieve no useful, beneficial, or successful result or outcome. This meeting is going nowhere fast. We've been here for over two hours now and haven't even been able to come up with a name for our product! It appears that talks between Democrats and Republicans on a compromised spending bill are going nowhere.
See also: go, nowhere
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • at the end of the day
  • be more trouble than it's worth
  • action
  • pot luck
  • stead
  • hold (someone) in good stead
  • calculated risk
  • a silver lining
  • have nothing going for (someone or something)
  • have too much of a good thing