Usage examples of "bon à rien" in French with translation to English

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Pour une fois dans ma vie je fais un bon geste... Et ça ne sert à rien. For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
Pour une fois dans ma vie je fais une bonne action... Et ça ne sert à rien. For once in my life I'm doing a good deed... And it is useless.
Ces bons à rien de paresseux ont été licenciés. Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
Qui m'appelle « bon à rien » ? Who calls me "good for nothing"?
Quand j'étais gamin, j'étais bon à rien. When I was a kid, I was all thumbs.
Pourquoi s'embêterait-elle à aider un bon à rien comme toi ? Why would she go out of her way to help a deadbeat like you?
Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi. Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
bon à rien good-for-nothing
Ce qui est bon à faire ne peut pas être fait trop tôt. What is good to be done cannot be done too soon.
Je pense qu'il ne sert à rien d'essayer de le convaincre. I think there is no point in trying to persuade him.
Il est bon à enfermer. He's fit for the loony bin.
Il ne sert à rien d'essayer de séparer les chèvres et les moutons alors que tu es dans une crise de folie. It is no use trying to separate the sheep from the goats while in a state of madness.
Il est bon à ce genre de choses. He's good at this sort of thing.
En résumé, tous nos efforts n'ont mené à rien. In short, all our efforts resulted in nothing.
En dépit de toutes les émissions culinaires que j'ai regardées, je ne suis toujours pas bon à la cuisine. In spite of all the cooking shows I've watched I'm still no good in the kitchen.
Toutes mes souffrances n'ont servi à rien. All my pains went for nothing.
Je suis très bon à paraître organisé, bien que la réalité soit quelque peu différente. I am very good at appearing organised, although the reality is somewhat different.
On n'arrive à rien sans effort. You cannot achieve anything without effort.
Ce melon sera bon à consommer demain. This melon will be good to eat tomorrow.
Béni soit l'homme qui ne s'attend à rien, car il ne sera jamais déçu. Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
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