走投无路

走投无路 [zǒu tóu wú lù]

1. ■ be driven into a corner; at the end of one's rope (tether); be behind the eight-ball; be driven desperate; be driven from pillar to post; be driven to desperation; be driven [forced] to the wall; be in a hopeless dilemma; be [land] in an impasse; be in a tight corner; be locked in the horns of a dilemma; between the upper and nether millstone; can find no way out; come to a dead end; come to [reach] the end of one's tether; drive [put; reduce] sb. to the last shifts; feel oneself cornered; find oneself cornered; from pillar to post; have no one to turn to; have no way out; have no way to turn for help; go down a dead [blind] alley; go to the wall; not know which way to turn (jump); poor and utterly helpless:

逼得走投无路 be driven [pushed] to the wall