How sad that all his hard work should come to nothing.(他的所有辛勤勞動竟全部付諸東流，太讓人傷心了。)

Heidi had come again to the pasture with him, she did nothing but talk to the old gentleman.(海蒂又和他一起來到牧場，什么也沒做，只是跟那個老頭說話。)

A delay of just a few days in sowing and a whole year's hard work might come to nothing.(播種季節只要拖幾天，全年的辛勤勞動就可能化為烏有。)

All his hopes and plans had come to nothing.(他的一切希望和計劃都成泡影。)

The authors spent five years studying the behaviour of their 344 "exceptional companies", only to come up at first with nothing.(兩位作者花了5年時間研究那344家“杰出公司”的行為，沒想到起初卻一無所獲。)

Sometimes I think your persistence will be rewarded, or come to nothing, but now I really very tired, and with a heart filled with anger and unwilling.(有時我就在想自己的堅持會不會得到回報，還是化為烏有，可現在的自己真的很累，還加帶著滿心的怨氣和不甘。)

However, we shall not tolerate another major incident, and those involved will find their attempts come to nothing.(不過，我們不會容忍另一個主要事件，有關人士會發現他們的企圖落空。)

The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.(惡人看見此情此景必然滿腔妒恨咬牙切齒地消逝；惡人的盼望定必幻滅。)

But I said no. I was certain that her efforts, which might in any case come to nothing, would waste more time than it would take for me to get half way there.(但是我不讓她去叫她，深信這是白費力氣，而且這樣一折騰所費的時間比我趕一半路的時間還要長。)

These laws and regulations make the Bankrupt law come to nothing.(這些法規和規章架空了破產法。)