going/getting nowhere fast
idiom
informal
: failing to make progress or to produce a desired result
The plan for a new stadium is going nowhere fast.
Examples of going/getting nowhere fast in a Sentence
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In the fall of 2010, the Niners were a 6-10 mess with Smith, a first-round bust at QB, going nowhere fast.
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Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard, a strapping poet and writer whose newest play Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter is going nowhere fast — much to the dismay of Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) who owns the playhouse where the show is set to be performed.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
On the surface that might sound like a player Chicago should have interest in keeping around - and reports indicate that's exactly the case - but the Bulls are going nowhere fast, and the time for a rebuild arrived a while ago.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Poor gearing can leave your little one pedaling furiously, but going nowhere fast, or struggling hard to move the pedals at all while going uphill.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
In a recent Zoom interview from his home office, Bloom told Fortune how WFH, properly managed, can be good for creativity, the rules of effective hybrid models, and why the metaverse is going nowhere fast.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
A little over a decade ago, on a team going nowhere fast, Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano launched an attack on his teammates after a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2021
Using public roads as a racetrack is a good way of going nowhere fast.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
But after years — sometimes decades — of discussion and planning, most of these projects seem to be going nowhere fast.
—Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024
Joseph Fiennes stars as the Bard, a strapping poet and writer whose newest play Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter is going nowhere fast — much to the dismay of Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) who owns the playhouse where the show is set to be performed.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
On the surface that might sound like a player Chicago should have interest in keeping around - and reports indicate that's exactly the case - but the Bulls are going nowhere fast, and the time for a rebuild arrived a while ago.
—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Poor gearing can leave your little one pedaling furiously, but going nowhere fast, or struggling hard to move the pedals at all while going uphill.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
In a recent Zoom interview from his home office, Bloom told Fortune how WFH, properly managed, can be good for creativity, the rules of effective hybrid models, and why the metaverse is going nowhere fast.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
A little over a decade ago, on a team going nowhere fast, Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano launched an attack on his teammates after a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2021
Using public roads as a racetrack is a good way of going nowhere fast.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
But after years — sometimes decades — of discussion and planning, most of these projects seem to be going nowhere fast.
—Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
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