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.

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There are honestly a number of pretty good performances this season (Ivanek is consistently entertaining) but they’re all dragged down by a terrible script and a story that keeps going nowhere fast. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

Read More: Cavaliers Land De'Andre Hunter in Blockbuster Trade with Hawks The Hawks, going nowhere fast at 23-28, add some major draft equity for their former No. 4 overall pick. —Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025

Doug Pederson’s squad is going nowhere fast this season. —Vincent Frank, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024

Indeed, without its billions of dollars in U.S. government contracts, SpaceX would be going nowhere fast, even in Earth orbit. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

The Italian bob is going nowhere fast, says Younes Khassal, director for Taylor Taylor London at Liberty London. —Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2024

In the fall of 2010, the Niners were a 6-10 mess with Smith, a first-round bust at QB, going nowhere fast. —Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2024

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

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