英语词汇“to talk to a brick wall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. to talk to a brick wall: to engage in a futile effort to persuade, influence, or reason with a resistant or unresponsive interlocutor. Also in similes and comparisons (esp. with might as well) characterizing such an effort as futile or frustrating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain

to waste breathc1540

to waste (one's) breath1572

to talk to a brick wall1873

1873 J. B. Waring Rec. Thoughts II. 157 What is the use of arguing, or of being angry with people who choose to believe silly things? You might as well talk to a brick wall, or contend with a donkey.

1893 O. Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan iii. 97 Dumby It's no use talking to Tuppy. You might just as well talk to a brick wall. Cecil Graham But I like talking to a brick wall—it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me!

1914 Times 29 July 9 As far as persuading each other or altering their own convictions they might as well have been talking to a brick wall.

1955 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Jan. 163/2 The process of attempting to reassure a patient by sympathetic explanation is extremely exhausting for a conscientious consultant when he knows he is talking to a ‘brick wall’.

2018 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Aug. Helen says it's like talking to a brick wall. ‘They won't listen. They won't look again at the science.’

单词	to talk to a brick wall
释义	> as lemmas to talk to a brick wall P3. to talk to a brick wall: to engage in a futile effort to persuade, influence, or reason with a resistant or unresponsive interlocutor. Also in similes and comparisons (esp. with might as well) characterizing such an effort as futile or frustrating. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain to waste breathc1540 to waste (one's) breath1572 to talk to a brick wall1873 1873 J. B. Waring Rec. Thoughts II. 157 What is the use of arguing, or of being angry with people who choose to believe silly things? You might as well talk to a brick wall, or contend with a donkey. 1893 O. Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan iii. 97 Dumby It's no use talking to Tuppy. You might just as well talk to a brick wall. Cecil Graham But I like talking to a brick wall—it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me! 1914 Times 29 July 9 As far as persuading each other or altering their own convictions they might as well have been talking to a brick wall. 1955 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Jan. 163/2 The process of attempting to reassure a patient by sympathetic explanation is extremely exhausting for a conscientious consultant when he knows he is talking to a ‘brick wall’. 2018 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Aug. Helen says it's like talking to a brick wall. ‘They won't listen. They won't look again at the science.’ extracted from brick walln.¹ < as lemmas
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