get nowhere fast
get nowhere fast
To make little or slow progress. All right, we're getting nowhere fast. After two hours, we still 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 getting nowhere fast.
See also: fast, get, nowhere
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
get nowhere fast
Fig. not to make progress; to get nowhere. I can't seem to make any progress. No matter what I do, I'm just getting nowhere fast. Come on. Speed up this car. We're getting nowhere fast.
See also: fast, get, nowhere
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
get nowhere fast
in. to make very poor progress. We are getting nowhere fast around here.
See also: fast, get, nowhere
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- go nowhere (fast)
- be at the end of nowhere
- at the end of nowhere
- lead nowhere
- dress
- cut (one's) losses
- cut losses
- cut one’s losses
- cut one's losses
- cut your losses