What does it mean?

[iZicci]

"Nothing will come of you now! Your lights are extinguished!"

Miss G said this in the film CRACKS.

Can anybody explain it?

To make it easier to understand.

THANKS!

 

[dungdinh2002]

"Nothing will come of you now! Your lights are extinguished!"

Miss G said this in the film CRACKS.

Can anybody explain it?

To make it easier to understand.

THANKS!

Nothing (bad) will happen to you now...., (but in the future. )

 

[emsr2d2]

"Nothing will come of you now! Your lights are extinguished!"

Miss G said this in the film CRACKS.

Can anybody explain it?

To make it easier to understand.

THANKS!

I'm afraid I disagree with the above reply. "Nothing will come of you now" means that you will not become anything much, or anything good. If someone fails all their exams at school, for example, someone might say "Nothing will come of him/her now" meaning that they won't get a good job, or they won't become anything or anyone significant.

I think "your lights are extinguished" is a somewhat colloquial addition to the phrase, as if to say "any light of hope that you would become someone good or interesting, has now been extinguished/put out".

 

[dungdinh2002]

I'm afraid I disagree with the above reply. "Nothing will come of you now" means that you will not become anything much, or anything good. If someone fails all their exams at school, for example, someone might say "Nothing will come of him/her now" meaning that they won't get a good job, or they won't become anything or anyone significant.

I think "your lights are extinguished" is a somewhat colloquial addition to the phrase, as if to say "any light of hope that you would become someone good or interesting, has now been extinguished/put out".

My God! I :roll:... and totally agree with you, emsr2d2.