at a dead end
at a dead end
At an impasse; at a point where no more progress is possible. The phrase can be literal or figurative. We're at a dead end. We'll have to turn around and take that side road. My research is at a dead end—every experiment I've tried so far has failed.
See also: dead, end
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
at a dead end
Fig. having reached an impasse; able to go no further forward. I can't go on. I'm at a dead end. We are at a dead end; the project is hopelessly stalled.
See also: dead, end
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- bring (someone or something) to a dead end
- bring to a dead end
- be as good as dead
- (as) good as dead
- millstone (around one's neck), to bear/carry a
- knock-down drag-out fight, a
- game face
- bow the knee
- encroach (up)on (something)
- encroach on