keep head against

  • 1be banging your head against a brick wall — be banging/hitting (your) head against a brick wall to keep asking someone to do something which they never do. I ve been trying to get the rules changed for years now but I m hitting my head against a brick wall. He never listens to me sometimes …

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  • 2be hitting your head against a brick wall — be banging/hitting (your) head against a brick wall to keep asking someone to do something which they never do. I ve been trying to get the rules changed for years now but I m hitting my head against a brick wall. He never listens to me sometimes …

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  • 3be banging head against a brick wall — be banging/hitting (your) head against a brick wall to keep asking someone to do something which they never do. I ve been trying to get the rules changed for years now but I m hitting my head against a brick wall. He never listens to me sometimes …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 4be hitting head against a brick wall — be banging/hitting (your) head against a brick wall to keep asking someone to do something which they never do. I ve been trying to get the rules changed for years now but I m hitting my head against a brick wall. He never listens to me sometimes …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 5(be) banging your head against a brick wall — be banging, etc. your head against a brick ˈwall idiom (informal) to keep trying to do sth that will never be successful • Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall. Main entry: ↑headidiom …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6head — ► NOUN 1) the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2) a person in charge; a director or leader. 3) the front, forward, or upper part or end of something …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7head — head1 W1S1 [hed] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(top of body)¦ 2¦(mind)¦ 3¦(calm/sensible)¦ 4¦(person in charge)¦ 5¦(front/leading position)¦ 6¦(crazy)¦ 7 a head/per head 8¦(river/valley)¦ 9 come to a head 9 bring something to a head …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8head — 1 /hed/ noun TOP OF BODY 1 (C) the top part of your body which has your eyes, mouth, brain etc in it: My head aches. | He turned his head and looked at me. | severe head injuries 2 from head to foot/toe over your whole body: He was shaking from… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9head — /hɛd / (say hed) noun 1. the upper part of the human body, joined to the trunk by the neck. 2. the corresponding part of an animal s body. 3. the head considered as the seat of thought, memory, understanding, etc.: to have a head for mathematics …

  • 10head — head1 [ hed ] noun *** ▸ 1 top part of body ▸ 2 your mind and thoughts ▸ 3 leader of group ▸ 4 top/front part of something ▸ 5 white bubbles on beer ▸ 6 where river begins ▸ 7 top of drum ▸ 8 center of spot on skin ▸ 9 for counting animals ▸ 10… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English