blind alley

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Roadsblind alleyˌblind ˈalley noun [countable] Examples from the Corpusblind alley• The echinoderms may seem, from a human point of view, to be a blind alley of no particular importance.• Al said the talks had temporarily gone down a blind alley, but he was sure the two companies could agree.• If the police went charging up a blind alley as a result of her information, it wouldn't be her fault.• It took the reader down every blind alley.

单词	blind alley
释义	blind alley From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Roadsblind alleyˌblind ˈalley noun [countable] 1 TTRa small narrow street with no way out at one end2 NOT DO somethinga way of doing something that seems as if it will have a successful result, but which in fact does not False information has led the police up a series of blind alleys.Examples from the Corpusblind alley• The echinoderms may seem, from a human point of view, to be a blind alley of no particular importance.• Al said the talks had temporarily gone down a blind alley, but he was sure the two companies could agree.• If the police went charging up a blind alley as a result of her information, it wouldn't be her fault.• It took the reader down every blind alley.
随便看	cut a check cut a corner cut a dash cut a deal cut a fine etc figure cut a fine/strange etc figure cut a strange etc figure cut a swathe through cut a swathe through something cut across cut across something cut and come again cut and dried cut and run cut away cut back cut back cut by 1 5 billion etc cut by 1 5 half etc cut by 1 million billion etc cut by 1 million half etc cut by half cut class cut class/school cut corners