After an excellent start, the idea went nowhere.如何翻译? go nowhere什么意思?

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

此处go nowhere的意思是“不知去哪儿了”.the idea went nowhere = the audience didn't know what the speaker/writer was talking about.
整句译文：漂亮的开头之后就不知所云了（直译为：在漂亮的开头之后,主题就不知去哪儿了）.