地道美语听力练习:专横的爸爸 Having an Overbearing Father

俚语：get nowhere fast
英文释义： not to make progress; to get nowhere.
字面意思是“哪儿也去不了”，比喻某人费九牛二虎之力去做一件事，却一无进展，一无所获。

例句：
1. I've been working on this problem all evening and I'm going nowhere fast! Could you help me out, because I just don't know how to do it.
我一晚上都在绞尽脑汁地解那道几何题，却一无进展，你帮帮我吧，因为我实在不知道怎么解这道题。

2. Without a diploma, you'll be going nowhere fast.
没有文凭，你将寸步难行。