be banging, etc. your head against a brick wall Идиома

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

drive me up the wall

"cause me to feel anxious; go around the bend" I won't babysit at the Kaplans. The kids drive me up the wall.

drive someone up a wall

irritate or annoy someone greatly His constant complaining is driving me up a wall.

fly on the wall

(See a fly on the wall)

handwriting on the wall

a sign that something bad will happen The handwriting is on the wall. Business conditions are bad so probably nobody will get a pay raise this year.

hard to swallow

hard to accept, hard to take "She said, ""He has custody of the children. It's hard to swallow."""

hole in the wall

a small place to live, stay in or work in; small hidden or inferior place We went for a drink at a little hole in the wall near the university last night.

look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary

seem very self-satisified like you have just had some kind of success He looked like the cat that ate the canary when he came in with a smile on his face.

be banging (one's) arch adjoin a brick wall

To be attempting, continuously and fruitlessly, to accomplish some assignment or accomplish some ambition that is or seems ultimately hopeless. I feel like I've been banging my arch adjoin a brick bank aggravating to accept this algebraic equation.Learn more: bang, brick, head, wall

be banging, etc. your arch adjoin a brick ˈwall

(informal) try for a continued time to accomplish something, actuate somebody to do something, etc. after success: I accomplished they weren’t alike alert to my protests. I was aloof banging my arch adjoin a brick wall.Learn more: brick, head, wall

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look for look forward to something look high and low look in on look into look like a million dollars look like death warmed over look like he was dragged through a knothole look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary look like the cat that swallowed the canary look on look out look out for look out for number one look over look over something look over your shoulder be at the end of nowhere be at the end of your tether be at the helm be at the mercy of (something) be at the receiving end be at the wheel be at work be at your wits' end be at/below full strength be au fait with be aware of (something) be away from (one's) desk be away with the fairies be back in business be back in harness be back on the rails be backed into a corner be bad news be badly off be badly off for (something) be badly off for something be badly turned out be bang on be banging (one's) head against a brick wall be banging your head against a brick wall be banging, etc. your head against a brick wall be barking mad be barking up the wrong tree be batting a thousand be baying for blood be baying for someone's blood be beat be beating the bushes be beating the bushes (for someone or something) be before (one's) time be before somebody's time be behind be behind the eight ball be behind the times be below full strength be below par be below the belt be below/under par be beside (oneself) be beside the point be better off be better off dead be better placed be better than a kick in the pants be beyond (one) be beyond (one's) ken