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 Definitions of blind alley  [ɪnd]  

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Definition of 'blind alley' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) blind alley
a roadway that is open at only one end.

2.  blind alley
a situation or path offering no help, opportunity, or reward.

Etymology:  (1575–85)

Definition of 'blind alley' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse
a street with only one way in or out

2. (noun) 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"
Translation of 'blind alley' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a situation without any way out
This is a blind alley of a job.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: doodlooppaadjie Arabic flag Arabic: طَريٌ مَسْدود Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ситуация без изход
Brazilian flag Brazilian: beco sem saída Czech flag Czech: slepá ulička German flag German: die Sackgasse
Danish flag Danish: vildspor; blindgyde Greek flag Greek: αδιέξοδο Spanish flag Spanish: sin salida
Estonian flag Estonian: umbtänav Farsi flag Farsi: بن بست Finnish flag Finnish: ilman ulospääsytietä
French flag French: impasse Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְלא מוֹצָא Hindi flag Hindi: अंधी गली
Croatian flag Croatian: slijepa ulica Hungarian flag Hungarian: zsákutca Indonesian flag Indonesian: jalan buntu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: blindgata Italian flag Italian: vicolo cieco Japanese flag Japanese: 袋小路
Korean flag Korean: 장래성이 없는 일 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aklavietė Latvian flag Latvian: strupceļš
Malay flag Malay: jalan buntu Dutch flag Dutch: doodlopend straatje Norwegian flag Norwegian: blindgate, blindvei
Polish flag Polish: ślepa uliczka Persian flag Persian: بن بست Pashto flag Pashto: تنګه کوڅه ، نری لاره چی د
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sem saída Romanian flag Romanian: fundătură Russian flag Russian: бесперспективное занятие
Slovak flag Slovak: slepá ulička Slovenian flag Slovenian: slepa ulica Serbian flag Serbian: ćorsokak
Swedish flag Swedish: återvändsgränd Thai flag Thai: สถานการณ์ที่ไม่มีทางออก Turkish flag Turkish: çözümü olmayan sorun; çık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 死胡同，死巷，行不通 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: безвихідь Urdu flag Urdu: بند گلی یا کوچہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: không có lối thoát Chinese flag Chinese: 死胡同，绝路

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