run into a stone wall

To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we run into a stone wall when our funding was suddenly cut.See also: run, 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.See also: run, stone, wall

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. See also: run, stone, wall

单词	run into a stone wall
释义	run into a stone wall run into a stone wall To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we run into a stone wall when our funding was suddenly cut.See also: run, 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.See also: run, stone, wall 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. See also: run, stone, wall
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