blind alley (redirected from blind alleys)

blind alley

n.

1. An alley or passage that is closed at one end.

2. A mistaken, unproductive undertaking.

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blind alley

n

1. an alley open at one end only; cul-de-sac

2. Informal a situation in which no further progress can be made

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blind alley - a street with only one way in or out dead-end street, impasse, cul de sac thoroughfare - a public road from one place to another
	2.	blind alley - (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley" course of action, course - a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"; "once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Translations

blind alley n → vicolo cieco

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blind alley n → vicolo cieco