beat one's head against a stone wall

beat one's head against a stone wall

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Verb

beat one's head against a stone wall

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To waste effort on a futile project.

Translations

to waste effort on a futile project

Finnish: hakata päätään seinään French: perdre son temps (fr)

Italian: sbattere la testa contro un muro

Related terms

• beat a dead horse
• beat one's head against a brick wall