 |
| |||
wasn't for nothing (Though technically a failure, the Vivaldi brothers’ doomed journey wasn’t for nothing. The mistakes they made helped lay the foundation for more successful voyages down the road. • "... всё на свете было не зря, не напрасно было" (Леонид Дербенёв)  mentalfloss.com ART Vancouver) | |||
| было не зря: 5 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Makarov | 2 |