Значение слова "COME TO A DEAD END" найдено в 3 источниках

COME TO A DEAD END

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

come to a dead end: translation

come to a dead end & reach a dead end

1. Lit. to reach a point where one can go no farther and can turn in no new direction. •

The road comes to a dead end about a mile farther.

2. Fig. to have run out of possible ideas, solutions, energy, etc. •

I've come to a dead end. I'm fresh out of ideas.

•

The committee reached a dead end on the matter and tabled the whole business.

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{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. * /Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse./ * /The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds./

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

come to a dead end: translation

come to a dead end & reach a dead end

1. Lit. to reach a point where one can go no farther and can turn in no new direction. •

The road comes to a dead end about a mile farther.

2. Fig. to have run out of possible ideas, solutions, energy, etc. •

I've come to a dead end. I'm fresh out of ideas.

•

The committee reached a dead end on the matter and tabled the whole business.

* * *

{v. phr.} To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. * /Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse./ * /The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds./

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