brick wall

See: STONE WALL.

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[wall] See: [BACK TO THE WALL], [BEAT ONE'S HEAD AGAINST A WALL], [CLIMB THE WALL], [FORWARD WALL], [HANDWRITING ON THE WALL], [HOLE-IN-THE-WALL], [STONE WALL] or [BRICK WALL], [TO THE WALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[stone wall] or [brick wall] {adj.} Something hard to overcome; an idea or belief that is hard to change. * /The students ran into a brick wall when they asked […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[run into a brick wall] or [run into a stone wall] See: [STONE WALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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