Thread: How do you say, "everything to nothing" in russian?

Originally Posted by everythingtonothing

it means, you work hard to get everything but in the end you have nothing.

Then, it could be translated as "всё впустую" ("*** без толку/напрасно/зря/тщетно).
//note, all those variants have different feelings for listener/reader, but absolutely same meaning

"всё впустую" is like all your acts gone to empty space (something alike, don't know how to say correctly)
"*** без толку" - ... had no sence
"** напрасно/зря" - ...

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wait, translator said "зря = for nothing"