"take you nowhere" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to convey that a certain behavior or action will not lead to any progress or success. For example: - Studying half-heartedly will take you nowhere in your academic career. - Continuing to make the same mistakes will take you nowhere in your personal growth. - Blaming others will take you nowhere in resolving conflicts.
The oh so very British "Spain cheat" accusations will take you nowhere".
Or, more depressingly, is it just that Fine has accurately tuned in to the current literary market for small, safe, complacent novels that take you nowhere very slowly?
"You're constantly wondering if you've just spent hours going down a path that will likely take you nowhere, and all you've got are these vague witness marks"—impressions, outlines, and discolorations inside the clock, hinting at what was there before—"which might not even mean what you think they mean".
As a nonprofit executive, understanding that both criticism and praise will take you nowhere is crucial -- you must place a great value on your time.
The IMF talks this weekend ended in acrimony, with no agreement between China and the USA over currency manipulation and dire warnings coming from the mouths of all the intermediaries that we are entering a competitive devaluation phase of the crisis that will, with certainty, lead to competitive trade policies once everybody realises currency tactics take you nowhere.
" "…you can think about love but it will take you nowhere, I think of making new friends and that's all.
It attempts a bit of everything and it finally takes you nowhere very much.
You hit a brand-new stretch of wide asphalt that seems to be taking you nowhere at 50 miles per hour.
If a movie can take you anywhere, it's really taking you nowhere; if someone can alter reality at will, life in all its liberties and constraints has little meaning.
You can ride the train of negativity that takes you nowhere or get on the train of possibilities that will take you places unimaginable.
Even though I haven't done so myself, I'm sure a lot of Americans would love to ride the semi-historic car in a circle that literally takes you nowhere slowly.
