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Caroline Tran
2020-08-13 02:08
Run into a stone wall verb
We thought we could finish the program soon, but we seemed to run into a stone wall during the last minutes.
We know English is easy for Peter, but he really runs into a stone wall with Maths.
To punish someone or something harshly
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
Used since at least the 1940s.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
