run into a brick wall

To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we run into a brick wall when our funding was suddenly cut.

See also: brick, run, wall

See also:

hit a brick wall
run into a stone wall
hit a stone wall
brick wall
come up against
come up against (something)
hell or high water
by hell or high water
wall

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