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| упереться в потолок | hit the iron ceiling ("We've hit the iron ceiling on raising taxes in New York," Gillilland said. "That's out of the question." bellb1rd) |
| упереться в стену | come up against a brick wall (be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you: e.g. Since he had no more money to spend on the project, he was up against a brick wall. 'More) |
| упереться в стену | hit a brick wall (hit a (brick) wall – ( informal ) to suddenly not be able to make any progress ldoceonline.com 'More) |
| упереться в стену | be against a brick wall (be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you: e.g. Since he had no more money to spend on the project, he was up against a brick wall. 'More) |
| упереться в стену | hit a wall (hit a (brick) wall – ( informal ) to suddenly not be able to make any progress ldoceonline.com 'More) |
| упереться в стену | hit a stone wall (be unable to make any progress because there is a difficulty that stops you: e.g. Since he had no more money to spend on the project, he was up against a brick wall. 'More) |
| упереться в тупик | hit a dead end (Then as we appear to have hit a dead end, maybe it's time I spoke to him after all Taras) |
| упереться в тупик | hit a roadblock (Taras) |
| упереться как баран | run head against a wall (Andrey Truhachev) |
| упереться рогом | dig one's heels in (When their record company told the band to change their style and make more commercial music, the band dug their heels in and refused to change. VLZ_58) |
| упереться руками и ногами | dig one's heels in |