Idiom
here goes nothing
Meaning
Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have never tried this before, so here goes nothing.”
“I took a deep breath, looked at the high diving board, and whispered, here goes nothing.”
“With his heart racing and his hands trembling, he prepared to present his controversial theory to the committee, muttering, here goes nothing, under his breath.”
Examples
simple
“I have never tried this before, so here goes nothing.”
contextual
“I took a deep breath, looked at the high diving board, and whispered, here goes nothing.”
complex
“With his heart racing and his hands trembling, he prepared to present his controversial theory to the committee, muttering, here goes nothing, under his breath.”
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