brick wall Idiome

bang one's head against a brick wall

Idiom(s): beat one's head against the wall AND bang one's head against a brick wall

Theme: FRUSTRATION

to waste one's time trying to accomplish something that is completely hopeless.
• You're wasting your time trying to fix up this house. You're just beating your head against the wall.
• You're banging your head against a brick wall trying to get that dog to behave properly.

Talking to a brick wall

If you talk to someone and they do not listen to you, it is like talking to a brick wall.

to be like talking to a brick wall

to not have any effect on someone: "Sometimes talking to him is like talking to a brick wall!"

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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 tried to change Father's mind about letting him use the car Saturday night, but he was up against a stone wall.

brick wall

An immovable, insurmountable, or adamant obstacle or person. We approved to get in with our affected IDs, but the bouncer at the aperture is a brick wall.Learn more: brick, wall

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