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to no purpose; no soap; for no reason (grafleonov); in vain; for nothing; down the drain (Никита Лисовский); at the service of nothing (vogeler); for nothing (Well then we came here for nothing. This whole mission was for nothing. • I have already told you I don't know – You think I came here for nothing?); ineffectually (Побеdа); uselessly (Aly19) | |||
to no avail | |||
down the plughole (Taras) | |||
out the window; snafu |
впустую : 150 phrases in 23 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 5 |
Australian | 3 |
Business | 4 |
Cinematography | 2 |
Cliche / convention | 2 |
Diplomacy | 1 |
Figurative | 1 |
Figure of speech | 2 |
General | 73 |
Hobbies and pastimes | 1 |
Idiomatic | 8 |
Informal | 7 |
Information technology | 1 |
Irish | 1 |
Ironical | 1 |
Literally | 1 |
Makarov | 25 |
Politics | 1 |
Programming | 2 |
Saying | 2 |
Telecommunications | 1 |
Vulgar | 4 |
Weapons and gunsmithing | 2 |