Collocations for "nothing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "nothing" in context.
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nothing
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [laid, lazed, lounged, sat] around doing nothing
- did absolutely nothing to help
- had nothing to say [about it, in response]
- the [vacation, movie, game] was nothing special
- there is nothing to do (today)
- the [test, exam] was nothing really
- it [is, has] nothing at all to do with
- a lot of [fuss, arguing, hullabaloo, worry] about nothing
- [worry] [over, for] nothing
- (there) there is nothing (at all) you can do about it!
- their [efforts, plans, intentions] came to nothing
- there's nothing left to [say, do, eat, clean]
- there's nothing else I can [do, say, try]
- there's nothing better than [relaxing, being, going]
- wants nothing more than to
- slang: nope, I got nothing!
- nothing seems to be [wrong, out of place]
- nothing ever happens
- they [found, saw] nothing wrong (with)
- it was nothing short of [miraculous, a miracle, shameful]
- can make nothing of her [note, writing, handwriting, instructions]
- money is nothing without [love, health]
- the [child, prisoner, worker, student] was treated as a nothing
- [today, it, Wednesday] was a nothing kind of a day
- whispered sweet nothings into her ear
'nothing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
SOB
- TV
- about
- absolutely
- achieve
- act
- adequate
- all
- almost
- along
- amount
- anxious
- apart
- aside
- ask
- avail
- available
- bad
- baking
- bargaining
- barren
- beggar
- beginning
- behold
- besides
- better
- between
- bigot
- bleeding
- blur
- boil
- bone
- brag
- burn
- but
- caption
- care
- certain
- change
- chatter
- come
- compare
- complain
- concrete
- contingency
- contribute
- count
- coward
- create
- creation