to come to nothing

Heidi had come again to the pasture with him, she did nothing but talk to the old gentleman.

海蒂又和他一起来到牧场，什么也没做，只是跟那个老头说话。

You may feel bad when you believe you are wrong. When children express their feelings and are told that it's nothing to cry about, they come to know that they themselves are bad.

当你认为自己错了的时候，你可能会觉得很糟糕。当孩子们表达他们的感受，却被告知这没什么可哭时，他们就会认为自己有错。

Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.

如果一个国家的人民只会抱怨，并指望别人来解决他们的问题，那么这个国家不会有什么好结果。