like hitting your head against a brick wall

like hitting your head against a brick wall
like banging/hitting your head against a brick wall phrase
used for describing an annoying situation in which nothing you do seems to produce any results
Thesaurus: making you feel angry or annoyedsynonym
Main entry: head

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • like banging your head against a brick wall — like banging/hitting your head against a brick wall phrase used for describing an annoying situation in which nothing you do seems to produce any results Thesaurus: making you feel angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: head …   Useful english dictionary

  • be hitting your head against a brick wall — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • be banging your head against a brick wall — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • bang/hit your head against a brick wall — ► to try repeatedly to do something with no success: »It felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall because I had no support from my boss. Main Entry: ↑brick wall …   Financial and business terms

  • bang your head against a brick wall — bang/hit your head against a brick wall ► to try repeatedly to do something with no success: »It felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall because I had no support from my boss. Main Entry: ↑brick wall …   Financial and business terms

  • hit your head against a brick wall — bang/hit your head against a brick wall ► to try repeatedly to do something with no success: »It felt like I was hitting my head against a brick wall because I had no support from my boss. Main Entry: ↑brick wall …   Financial and business terms

  • be hitting head against a brick wall — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • be banging head against a brick wall — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • against a brick wall — 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • head — head1 [ hed ] noun *** ▸ 1 top part of body ▸ 2 your mind and thoughts ▸ 3 leader of group ▸ 4 top/front part of something ▸ 5 white bubbles on beer ▸ 6 where river begins ▸ 7 top of drum ▸ 8 center of spot on skin ▸ 9 for counting animals ▸ 10… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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