hit a brick wall



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hit a brick wall

To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we hit a brick wall when our funding was suddenly cut.
See also: brick, hit, wall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jockel-German
Seoc-Scottish
BrittaniBRIT-nee, BRIT-ə-neeEnglish (Modern)
Ivah-Biblical
Singh-Indian (Sikh)
AlbinAHL-been (Polish) Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene