Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.

方向意味着目标， 人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。

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If we go on like this, we'll get nowhere.

照这样下去是行不通的。

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And we get nowhere.

最后我们一事无成。

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"what do you mean by whiteness,indigenous" "Why are you against mixed marriage" "Wait wait,if you all attack on different fronts we'll get nowhere."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

In the culture of TV, all candidates must have winning images, or they'll get nowhere fast.

CNN: 'The Bush Dyslexicon' author Mark Crispin Miller

Loan and overdraft terms are changed, apparently arbitrarily, and sound companies with cashflow problems get nowhere when they ask for help.

ECONOMIST: How hard should the state lean on banks to lend?

And how you would get nowhere without having a good work ethic.

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