DRAW A BLANK

{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To obtain nothing in return for an effort made or to get a negative result. * /I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones./ 2. To fail to remember something. * /I am trying to think of the name but I keep drawing a blank./ 3. To be consistently unsuccessful at doing something. * /I keep trying to pass that math exam but each time I try it I draw a blank./

{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To obtain nothing in return for an effort made or to get a negative result. * /I looked up all the Joneses in the telephone book but I drew a blank every time I asked for Archibald Jones./ 2. To fail to remember something. * /I am trying to think of the name but I keep drawing a blank./ 3. To be consistently unsuccessful at doing something. * /I keep trying to pass that math exam but each time I try it I draw a blank./

draw a blank expr infml When I tried to remember her telephone number I could only draw a blank Я никак не мог вспомнить номер ее телефона The police have been out trying to pick up their tracks and they have drawn a blank Полиция пыталась напасть на их след, но все впустую Well, he might be at his club, but if you draw a blank there, I don't know where to suggest Он, может быть, в своем клубе, но если вы там его не найдете, то я не знаю, где он еще может быть We searched the other room but drew a complete blank Мы обыскали другую комнату, но ровным счетом ничего не нашли

expr infml When I tried to remember her telephone number I could only draw a blank — Я никак не мог вспомнить номер ее телефона The police have been out trying to pick up their tracks and they have drawn a blank — Полиция пыталась напасть на их след, но все впустую Well, he might be at his club, but if you draw a blank there, I don't know where to suggest — Он, может быть, в своем клубе, но если вы там его не найдете, то я не знаю, где он еще может быть We searched the other room but drew a complete blank — Мы обыскали другую комнату, но ровным счетом ничего не нашли

вытянуть пустой билет, потерпеть неудачу, вынуть пустой билет, вернуться ни с чем

draw a blank вынуть пустой билет; fig. потерпеть неудачу

вынуть пустой билет; перен. потерпеть неудачу

вынуть пустой билет; fig. потерпеть неудачу