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Make nothing of It

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00The tsunami devastated the area. There was nothing left. The international volunteer helpers worked day and night ... they are so great. They worked so hard and they 01b00made nothing of it.02b00 They are wonderful people.02br
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00I take "they made nothing of it" as "they didn't complain, they seemed to rather enjoy the work because they were helping others." Is this what it means?02br
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12br 12br 10The tsunami devastated the area. There was nothing left. The international volunteer helpers worked day and night ...

— Rishonly

  • 12br 12br 10The tsunami devastated the area.
  • There was nothing left.
  • The international volunteer helpers worked day and night ...
  • they are so great.
  • 12br 12br 10Hiro12br 12br 10Sendai, Japan12br 12br 12blockquote 10In my understanding, here, "made nothing of it" means the international volunteers didn't get or earn any benefits-01del 00personal or financial02del 00 from volunteering.
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01cite10HSS12cite12br
10Hi.12br
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10The tsunami devastated the area. There was nothing left. The international volunteer helpers worked day and night ... they are so great. They worked so hard and they 11b10made nothing of it.12b10 They are wonderful people.12br
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00I take "they made nothing of it" as "they didn't complain12br
10 Exactly! And/or they treated it as if it were a completely normal, ordinary, everyday task.12br
10 CJ12br
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0Upon listening to it, my gut feeling told me that immediately, Krish, but dictionaries have no entry of that. Rather I see "to regard something as no difficult job" in them. Couldn't it mean "to make no profit out of something" in certain context, apart from this example, CJ?02br
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0To show they make no money would be 'they made nothing from it'.02br
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00To make nothing of something is a phrase meaning to do it without making a fuss or complaint.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10To show they make no money would be 'they made nothing from it'.12br
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10To make nothing of something is a phrase meaning to do it without making a fuss or complaint.12br
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10Thanks for the explanation , Nona and CJ.0-
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