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run into a stone wall
run into a stone wall
Fig. to come to a barrier against further progress. We've run into a stone wall in our investigation. Algebra was hard for Tom, but he really ran into a stone wall with geometry.
run into a stone wall
Also, run into a brick wall. Encounter an insurmountable barrier to progress, as in We tried to get faster approval from the town and ran into a stone wall, or For Allan, learning a foreign language amounted to running into a brick wall.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Paulien | | - | Dutch |
Bamber | | ['bæmbə] | |
Dukvakha | | - | Chechen |
Frost | | [frɔst] | |
Alfonso | | ahl-FON-so (Spanish), ahl-FAWN-so (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
Horus | | HAWR-əs (English) | Egyptian Mythology (Latinized) |