Taka  [More info] Why does "Here goes nothing" have almost the same meaning as "Here we go"? I mean, it's "nothing"...you know... Taka Joined on Tue, Sep 7 2004 Japan Senior Member 2,709

	+1 Mister Micawber  [More info] They don't mean the same, Taka. 'Here goes nothing' means 'I am going to begin, but I think I will not succeed, or I think it will be very difficult to accomplish'. 'Here we go' just means, well, 'here we go, we are starting'; it also sometimes means 'here we are' upon arrival or success. Both are informal, idiomatic, primarily spoken English, and as far as the 'nothing' is concerned, I can't really place it grammatically. I suppose that it refers to the expectation that the result will be zero. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 36,916 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	+1 Taka  [More info] "They don't mean the same, Taka. 'Here goes nothing' means 'I am going to begin, but I think I will not succeed" I know. That's why I said "almost" the same. Anyway, thank you for the explanation! Taka

	+1 Clive  [More info] Hi, Why does "Here goes nothing" have almost the same meaning as "Here we go"? I mean, it's "nothing"...you know... I agree with the comments that they do not have the same meaning, but I don't entirely agree with the rest of what's been said so far. I see "Here goes nothing" as a phrase rooted in gambling. If I bet $5 on a horse, I might say 'Here goes $5', in the sense of  'I am risking this $5'. Hence, if I am about to do something and I say 'Here goes nothing', it means, roughly speaking, that I feel there is no real risk involved or that I do not care about the risk. Thus, the meaning of the two phrases is not even 'almost' the same. Best wishes, Clive Wow, I just looked at the dates. This is an old thread! Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 34,881 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	+1 davkett  [More info]  Clive wrote: Thus, the meaning of the two phrases is not even 'almost' the same. I agree that the phrases are not almost the same at all, though I am more familiar with MM's depiction of its use. davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay