Go nowhere (fast) verb phrase
Finally achieve no beneficial or successful result or outcome
It seems like our discussion is going nowhere fast.
I talked to James to solve the problem but it went nowhere.
I really want to end this conversation because it is going nowhere.
The verb "go" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.