to run up against o run into a brick wall
1run\ into\ a\ brick\ wall — • stone wall • brick wall • run into a brick wall • run into a stone wall adj Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination. Dick… …
2run into a brick wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… …
3run\ into\ a\ stone\ wall — • stone wall • brick wall • run into a brick wall • run into a stone wall adj Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination. Dick… …
4brick\ wall — • stone wall • brick wall • run into a brick wall • run into a stone wall adj Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination. Dick… …
5hit a brick wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… …
6run into a wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… …
7come up against a brick wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… …
8Wall Ball — Wall Ball, also called Ball Wall, Butts Up, Suicide, Patball, Off the Wall, Thumb, Red Butt, Ball to the Wall(Some Difference Edis), One Touch or Wallsies is a type of ball game involving a group which involves the bouncing of a ball against a… …
9stone\ wall — • stone wall • brick wall • run into a brick wall • run into a stone wall adj Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. The students ran into a brick wall when they asked the principal to put off the examination. Dick… …
10wall — I UK [wɔːl] / US [wɔl] noun [countable] Word forms wall : singular wall plural walls *** 1) a) an upright side of a room inside a building On the opposite wall hung a valuable old painting. She felt along the wall for the light switch. b) an… …
