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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | he ran into a brick wall | нашла коса на камень (Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу.) |
| idiom. | run into a brick wall | зайти в тупик (Taras) |
| idiom. | run into a brick wall | биться головой об стенку (делать что-то без особого успеха nosorog) |
| gen. | run into a brick wall | натолкнуться на непреодолимое препятствие (encounter something that makes it impossible to proceed: We were working on buying a house, but we ran into a brick wall when we couldn’t get a loan from the bank. Bullfinch) |
| idiom. | run into a brick wall with | молчать как партизан (someone: We ran into a brick wall with the office of secure transportation. They refused to acknowledge whether they had any weapons in transit Taras) |