Idiom
bang one's head against a brick wall
Meaning
To waste effort on a futile project.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am banging my head against a brick wall trying to fix this.”
“He spent all day explaining the new rules, but he felt like he was banging his head against a brick wall.”
“After weeks of banging his head against a brick wall to convince the committee, he finally accepted that his proposal would never receive their approval.”
Examples
simple
“I am banging my head against a brick wall trying to fix this.”
contextual
“He spent all day explaining the new rules, but he felt like he was banging his head against a brick wall.”
complex
“After weeks of banging his head against a brick wall to convince the committee, he finally accepted that his proposal would never receive their approval.”
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