run into a brick wall

So she set out to find who or what had been using her, and why, only to run into a brick wall.

"I'm not going to run into a brick wall like some of these companies."

I'm not a little guy in a sports car that runs into a brick wall.

Williams said it felt like "running into a brick wall."

How many times can you run into a brick wall?"

Storm stopped in his charge, as though he'd run into a brick wall.

"We just ran into a brick wall and it went downhill after that."

But those bills have run into a brick wall in the Assembly.

There has also been a growing sense in the Council that most if not all of the tax proposals are running into a brick wall.

I caught his gaze with mine, and he stopped short as though he'd run into a brick wall.

Wesley tells him that he ran into a brick wall.

Brown's was simply like running into a brick wall.

"Our sources, such as they are, have run into a brick wall.

Then you are in danger of seeing all the reforms that need to be made running into a brick wall.

He died from a fatal car accident by running into a brick wall on March 12, 1947.

"We just ran into a brick wall," says an Alexander aide.

"Except for having run into a brick wall a few times," I said indistinctly.

"Some were five abreast that looked like they had run into a brick wall.

The Nets discovered why those teams had fallen short when they, too, ran into a brick wall.

It brought Klerus to a sudden stop, rather like running into a brick wall might have done.

Descares stopped as if he had run into a brick wall, and the other guards did the same.

"For years when I brought up that topic I've run into a brick wall with this administration."

Dominic Cairo stepped forward to face them, and those at the front stopped as though they'd run into a brick wall.

Like I had run into a brick wall.