hit a wall



hit a/the (brick) wall

  (informal)
if you hit the wall when you are trying to achieve something, you reach a situation where you cannot make any more progress We've just about hit the wall in terms of what we can do to balance the budget. The enquiry hit a brick wall of banking security.
See also: hit, wall

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lena['li:nə]
Mudiwa-Southern African, Shona
QuinnKWINIrish, English
TorbenTOR-ben (Danish), TAWR-ben (German)Danish, German
Iunia-Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Ai (2)-Chinese