hit a stone wall

hit a stone wall

To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we hit a stone wall when our funding was suddenly cut.
See also: hit, stone, wall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hit a brick wall
  • run into a stone wall
  • run into a brick wall
  • hit a wall
  • brick wall
  • run one's head against (into) a brick/stone wall, to
  • come up against
  • come up against (something)
  • hell or high water
  • by hell or high water
References in periodicals archive
Shaun Maguire, 26, and Michael Sanderson, 24, of North Shields, died on October 23 last year after their car span out of control on the B6300 near Meadow-field, County Durham, and hit a stone wall.
Friends died in high speed accident
A MIDDLESBROUGH man has suffered serious injuries after the motorbike he was riding left the road and he hit a stone wall.
A red Honda CBR motorcycle and a white Honda CBR were travelling in tandem from Helmsley to Stokesley when the red bike left the road on a left-hand bend causing the rider to hit a stone wall.
Police in appeal after biker is left badly hurt