句型：...is getting nowhere
意思：⋯⋯根本行不通；⋯⋯沒有任何幫助。

Sam: Do you want to have ice-cream? I've got peach, strawberry, vanilla and chocolate.
山姆： 你想吃霜淇淋嗎？我有桃子的、草莓的、香草的和巧克力的。

Sally: What choices you have! I wish I could, but I can't. I am on diet.
莎莉： 這麼多種！我希望我能吃，但是不行。我在節食。

Sam: Just a bite.
山姆：只吃一口。

Sally: Please don't tempt me. One bite will make me have more. My weight loss program will be getting nowhere.
莎莉：請不要誘惑我。一口就會讓我停不下來。我的減肥計畫就泡湯了。

Sam: Wow! You are really strong-willed.
山姆：哇！你的意志力真堅定。

延伸運用：
I just feel like this is getting nowhere at all in life.
我只是覺得這在生活中根本行不通。

This is getting nowhere.
這毫無進展。