go/get/head nowhere idiom
C2 没有成功；一无所成
to not have any success or achieve anything
I'm trying to persuade her to come, but I'm getting nowhere. 我试着劝说她过来，但没有成功。
Bad manners will get you nowhere (= will not help you to succeed). 不讲礼貌会让你到处碰壁的。