in the pipeline
mod. backed up somewhere in a process; in process; in a queue.There's a lot of goods still in the pipeline. That means no more orders for a while.Your papers are in the pipeline somewhere. You'll just have to wait.
solid
mod. consecutive; consecutively.Larry ate for four solid days.Then he “had the flu” for three days solid.
vicious circle
n. a set of actions that lead to ever more unsatisfactory consequences; a set of bad actions that are repeated in a cycle.It's a vicious circle, and I want out of it.Life has become one vicious circle after another.