for nothing
成語所屬單字nothing
for nothing — 慣用語
1. without achieving anything useful; in vain.
1.慣用語
釋義
白費力氣；徒勞
without achieving anything useful; in vain.
例句
Gabriel waited for two hours, but it was all for nothing — he never showed up.
All our hard work will be for nothing if the funding runs out.