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1 to knock/bang one’s head against a brick wall
to knock/bang one’s head against a brick walltentar o impossível, dar murro em ponta de faca.English-Portuguese dictionary > to knock/bang one’s head against a brick wall
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[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) muro2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) parede2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) murar- walled- - walled
- wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) pôr papel de parede- have one's back to the wall
- up the wall* * *[wɔ:l] n 1 parede, muro, paredão. 2 fort muralha (também walls). 3 fig barreira, muro. I am up against a brick wall / fig tenho uma montanha (de dificuldades) na minha frente. • vt 1 prover, cercar, dividir ou proteger com parede ou muro, murar, emparedar. 2 fort fortificar. blind dead wall parede sem janelas ou portas. to drive up the wall fazer subir as paredes, deixar muito irritado. to have one’s back to the wall estar encurralado, estar em um beco sem saída. to knock/ bang one’s head against a brick wall tentar o impossível, dar murro em ponta de faca. to wall up fechar com parede. walls have ears as paredes têm ouvidos.
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