do no good

“If you give extraordinary authority to the very architect of the catastrophe, it will do no good,” Johnson said.

“I will not deliver something that is so watered down that it will do no good,” she said, optimistic that her work will benefit from the momentum of other related initiatives.

In addition, it would do no good to drop rocks or sand through the opening between the lanes, because that could potentially damage the utility lines.

And it would do no good to drop rocks or sand through the opening between the lanes, because that could potentially damage the utility lines.

To some people, alcohol is a scourge on humanity that can do no good.