(transitive, idiomatic) to encounter an insurmountable barrier or obstacle to progress

(simile, colloquial) to be completely ignored or disregarded by someone, as if speaking to an inanimate object

(Australia, Canada, Britain, US, New Zealand, simile, idiomatic, colloquial, mildly vulgar) (of a man) Having a muscular body, particularly with well developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.

(New England, idiomatic, obsolete) To be drunk.

present participle of make bricks without straw

simple past tense and past participle of make bricks without straw

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make bricks without straw

(idiomatic) To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.

Synonym of I could eat a horse

Alternative form of like talking to a wall