Idiom hit a brick wallhit 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.
idiomhit a brick wall(also run/come up against a brick wall)to be in a situation where something is preventing you from doing or achieving what you want:The campaign for a playground seems to have hit a brick wall, and children still have nowhere to go in Holybourne.We can give you some tips on tracing your family tree, and what to do when you run up against a brick wall.
hit a brick wallTo 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. |