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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- hit a stone wall
- run into a brick wall
- hit a brick wall
- brick wall
- hit a 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