be banging head against a brick wall

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be banging/hitting your head against a brick wall

to keep asking someone to do something which they never do I've been trying to get the rules changed for years now but I'm hitting my head against a brick wall. He never listens to me - sometimes I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall.

See also: against, bang, brick, head, wall

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