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。