This figure of speech is similar to “It won’t (didn’t) fly”. It means an attempt to begin something was unsuccessful: the person was prevented from doing something by someone or something, or, the person did not have the ability to something. “I tried to begin the project yesterday, but I couldn’t get it off the ground because I was interrupted.”
(事情)沒有進展
這句話是說一個人企圖做一件事卻失敗了，可能是因為被其他人打擾、被某事耽擱，或者是做不到這件事。例句：「我昨天本來要開始做這個計畫了，但是因為我被絆住了，所以現在毫無進展。」