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1 beat one’s head against the wall / bang one’s head against a brick wall
Beat one’s head against the wall / bang one’s head against a brick wallбиться головой об стенуYou’re wasting your time trying to fix up this house. You’re just beating your head against the wall.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > beat one’s head against the wall / bang one’s head against a brick wall
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2 batter one's head against a brick wall
(batter (beat, butt, knock или run) one's head against a brick (или a stone) wall (тж. run one's head into a brick или a stone wall))прошибать лбом стену, лезть на рожон‘You're just knocking your heads against a stone wall,’ she said testily. ‘No good will come of it.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXVIII) — - Ты лезешь на рожон, - говорила Салли сварливо. - Толку от этого все равно не будет.
He was far from enjoying the "scrap". He felt tired, irritable, worried. He asked himself fretfully if he was to spend all his life running his head into stone walls. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Citadel’, book II, ch. 15) — Он был далек от того, чтобы "наслаждаться скандалами". Он был озабочен, утомлен, раздражен. Он с озлоблением спрашивал себя, неужели ему всю жизнь предстоит биться головой о каменную стену.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > batter one's head against a brick wall
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3 to hit one's head against smth
to hit/to strike/to knock one's head against smth стукнуться/удариться головой обо что-либоEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to hit one's head against smth
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4 batter one's head against a (brick) wall
см. bang one's head against a wallConcise English-Russian phrasebook > batter one's head against a (brick) wall
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5 run one's head against a brick (or stone) wall
см. bang one's head against a brick wallConcise English-Russian phrasebook > run one's head against a brick (or stone) wall
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6 (to) be banging one's head against a brick wall
идиом. биться головой о стену (о чем-л. трудно выполнимом или невыполнимом)Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be banging one's head against a brick wall
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7 (to) be knocking one's head against a brick wall
идиом. биться головой о стену (о чем-л. трудно выполнимом или невыполнимом)Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be knocking one's head against a brick wall
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8 (to) be banging one's head against a brick wall
идиом. биться головой о стену (о чем-л. трудно выполнимом или невыполнимом)Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be banging one's head against a brick wall
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9 (to) be knocking one's head against a brick wall
идиом. биться головой о стену (о чем-л. трудно выполнимом или невыполнимом)Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be knocking one's head against a brick wall
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10 bang one's head against a brick wall
биться головой об стену (безрезультатно добиваться чего-либо)I keep telling her that she should change her job, but I'm just banging my head against a brick wall.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > bang one's head against a brick wall
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11 to bang one's head against a brick wall
пытаться пробить головой стену, стараться напрасноGrace went on writing to her red-haired boy even though he didn't reply to a single letter for a year; she was banging her head against a brick wall. — Грейс год писала своему рыжему избраннику, хотя он не ответил ни на одно письмо; она попусту тратила время.
Англо-русский современный словарь > to bang one's head against a brick wall
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12 bang (batter or run) one's head against a (brick) wall
битьcя гoлoвoй o cтeнуDon't try to persuade him - you'll just be banging your head against a brick wall: he'll never changeConcise English-Russian phrasebook > bang (batter or run) one's head against a (brick) wall
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13 bang (batter or run) one's head against a (brick) wall
битьcя гoлoвoй o cтeнуDon't try to persuade him - you'll just be banging your head against a brick wall: he'll never changeConcise English-Russian phrasebook > bang (batter or run) one's head against a (brick) wall
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14 bang (one's) head against a brick wall
1) Австралийский сленг: делать долгие, безуспешные попытки добиться (чего-л.)2) Макаров: прошибать стену лбом, пытаться сделать невозможное, стараться напрасно (употребляется только во временах Continuous)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > bang (one's) head against a brick wall
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15 bang (one's) head against a brick wall (употребляется только во временах Continuous)
Макаров: пытаться пробить головой стену, стараться напрасноУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bang (one's) head against a brick wall (употребляется только во временах Continuous)
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16 bang (one's) head against a wall
Макаров: прошибать стену лбом, пытаться сделать невозможноеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bang (one's) head against a wall
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17 bang (one's) head against an obstacle
СМИ: биться как рыба об лёд, пытаясь преодолеть препятствиеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bang (one's) head against an obstacle
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18 bang (one's) head against the wall
Макаров: биться головой об стену, пытаться прошибить лбом стенуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bang (one's) head against the wall
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19 bang one's head against a brick wall
1) Общая лексика: биться головой о стенку2) Пословица: хоть головой об стену бейсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bang one's head against a brick wall
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20 bash (one's) head against the wall
Переносный смысл: биться головой об стенкуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > bash (one's) head against the wall
См. также в других словарях:
one's head against a brick wall — Said of a laborious but unrewarding attempt, eg to persuade, inform, etc ● brick … Useful english dictionary
be banging one's head against a brick wall — ► be banging one s head against a brick wall be doggedly attempting the impossible. Main Entry: ↑head … English terms dictionary
bang one's head against a brick wall — To waste one s time in unproductive effort • • • Main Entry: ↑bang … Useful english dictionary
banging one's head against the wall — hitting one s head against the wall; repeatedly doing something that is frustrating and has no positive result … English contemporary dictionary
knock one's head against a brick wall — try and do the impossible; hit one s head against the side of a building … English contemporary dictionary
knock one's head against a brick wall — To meet with total resistance or refusal to compromise • • • Main Entry: ↑knock … Useful english dictionary
be banging one's head against a brick wall — be banging (or knocking) one s head against a brick wall be doggedly attempting the impossible and suffering in the process … Useful english dictionary
bang one's head against a brick wall — If you bang or knock your head against a brick wall, you continue vainly to try to achieve something in spite of several unsuccessful attempts. I ve been banging my head against a brick wall trying to explain the internet to my… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
beat one's head against a wall — {v. phr.} To struggle uselessly against something that can t be beaten or helped; not succeed after trying very hard. * /Trying to make him change his mind is just beating your head against a wall./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat one's head against a wall — {v. phr.} To struggle uselessly against something that can t be beaten or helped; not succeed after trying very hard. * /Trying to make him change his mind is just beating your head against a wall./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat\ one's\ head\ against\ a\ wall — v. phr. To struggle uselessly against something that can t be beaten or helped; not succeed after trying very hard. Trying to make him change his mind is just beating your head against a wall … Словарь американских идиом