nothing to
idiom
1
: no truth to (something)
There's nothing to the story/claim.
2
: of no interest, value, or importance to (someone)
Money is nothing to them.
He's nothing to me now.
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Some of those fees, like the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, have absolutely nothing to do with traffic violations.
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Julie Watts, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Flames were shooting out of Flashbacks, her family’s beloved small-town diner, and there was nothing to do but watch as the building — part restaurant, part local history display, all community institution — was consumed by the blaze.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2026
The prospectors liked to compare the warm, unctuous caress of the silt on their legs and thighs to the kisses of ten thousand lips, rather than imagine that the river had nothing to offer them—except mud.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
For most of the year, there’s nothing to see at Sycamore Falls.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
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Julie Watts, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Flames were shooting out of Flashbacks, her family’s beloved small-town diner, and there was nothing to do but watch as the building — part restaurant, part local history display, all community institution — was consumed by the blaze.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2026
The prospectors liked to compare the warm, unctuous caress of the silt on their legs and thighs to the kisses of ten thousand lips, rather than imagine that the river had nothing to offer them—except mud.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
For most of the year, there’s nothing to see at Sycamore Falls.
—Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Nothing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20to. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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