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to beat one's head against a (brick) wall

<abbr style="text-decoration: underline;" title="beat / bang / hit" > beat </abbr>

bi:t

bit

<i>one's</i>

bæng

bāng

head

hɪt

hit

against

wʌnz

vanz

<abbr style="text-decoration: underline;" title="a / the" > a</abbr>

hɛd

hed

(brick)

əgenst

ēgenst

wall

ə

ē

Definition & Meaning of "beat one's head against a (brick) wall"in English

to beat one's head against a (brick) wall

01

to repeatedly try to do or achieve something without success

Idiom

Examples

I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall with this problem.

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