go nowhere fast
To fail to make any progress.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“This project is going nowhere fast.”
“We spent all afternoon arguing about the budget, but we are going nowhere fast.”
“Despite his frantic efforts to resolve the crisis, he realized he was going nowhere fast and needed a completely new strategy.”
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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arse end of nowhere
A very remote place.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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come thick and fast
To arrive rapidly in large groups.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
Last updated August 10, 2026