bang head against a brick wall
hit head against a brick wall
beat head against a brick wall
to be frustrated in your efforts to change something or make something happen
to keep trying to do something, without success
telling someone (e.g. a child) something, or asking them to do something, when they don’t listen or refuse to do it
making effort but going nowhere, and getting very frustrated
to be repeatedly prevented from achieving a goal
continually finding yourself blocked from getting what you want
Trying to keep this place clean and tidy is like hitting my head against a brick wall.
I’m just beating my head against a brick wall here – I’ll never finish this on time.
If I were you I would give up trying to persuade the Principal. You’re just hitting your head against a brick wall.
That child never listens! Trying to teach him anything is like banging my head on a brick wall.
I keep saying that I’m stepping down as secretary next year, but it’s like banging my head against a brick wall. Nobody else wants to do it, so they ignore me and hope that I’ll stay on in the post.
There is no origin for this idiom
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