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
Stavroula-Greek
Erma['ɜ:mə]
TawnyTAW-neeEnglish (Modern)
EnsioEN-see-oFinnish
Ya'rah-Biblical Hebrew
Gautam-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali