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
Alainaə-LAYN-əEnglish (Modern)
ElbaEL-bahSpanish
Zvonko-Croatian
ViktÓRia-Hungarian, Slovak
Braxton['brækstən]
Martitamahr-TEE-tahSpanish