do no good (idiom)

Pengertian “do no good”

Do no good merupakan frasa bahasa Inggris yang bermakna “to not improve (something) or to not have any beneficial effect” (tidak dapat memperbaiki sesuatu atau tidak mendapatkan efek yang menuntungkan).

Adapula do good atau do somebody good yang bermakna “to have a useful effect; to benefit somebody” (memiliki efek yang bermanfaat; bermanfaat bagi seseorang) yang merupakan kebalikan dari do no good.

Contoh Kalimat “do no good” dan Artinya

1. Complaining and feeling miserable will do no good.
   (Mengeluh merasa sengsara tidak akan ada gunanya.)
2. He’d been taught since childhood that it did no good to mourn deeply.
   (Dia telah diajarkan sejak masa kanak-kanak bahwa tidak ada gunanya berduka secara mendalam.)
3. I’ll try to get him to open up, but I’m not sure that it will do any good.
   (Saya akan mencoba membuatnya terbuka, tapi saya tidak yakin itu akan ada gunanya.)
4. He hoped the medication would do some good.
   (Dia berharap pengobatan tersebut akan bermanfaat.)
5. A brisk walk in the morning would do you a lot of good.
   (Jalan cepat di pagi hari akan sangat bermanfaat untukmu.)

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References:

1. do no good – definition and synonyms. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/do-no-good. Accessed on April 3, 2019.
2. do any good. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do+any+good. Accessed on April 3, 2019.
3. Quote by Kurt Vonnegut: “If you can do no good, at least do no harm.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/62548-if-you-can-do-no-good-at-least-do-no. Accessed on April 3, 2019.
4. do some good/do somebody good. https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/do-some-good-do-somebody-good. Accessed on April 3, 2019.
5. do good. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/do+you+good. Accessed on April 4, 2019.
6. Definition of good noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/good_2. Accessed on April 4, 2019.