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(fig.) biti pronicljiv One can’t see through a brick wall.

(fig.) udariti glavom o zid; lupiti (udariti) glavom o zid razočarati se, snositi loše posljedice zbog zablude ili pogreške, prekasno shvatiti i kajati se zbog onog što je počinjeno; I feel like I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall trying to understand this math equation. Some people are never going to agree with you on

(fig.) lupiti, izvaliti (nešto) Mary dropped a brick when she told me she was moving to France next week.

(kol.) okomiti se na nekoga svom snagom/žestinom; kazniti nekoga brzo i žestoko Do that ​once more and I’ll come down on you like a ​ton of ​bricks! If you miss any more classes, your teachers will be down on you like a ton of bricks. When he failed to supply his accounts, tax inspectors came down

(fig.) započeti uzaludan/jalov posao bez potrebnih sredstava I need an electric drill to put these shelves up. You can’t make bricks without straw.

izgubiti se We took a wrong turn and lost our way. The company has lost its way and should pull out of general insurance.

(kol.) kako stvari sada stoje The way things are going, soon most people will be working at home.

(fig.) dirnuti u slabu točku This film touched a nerve with many people who were already feeling very uneasy about the state of the world. Any talk of raising the cost of college tuition hits a raw nerve with students.  

“imati odriješene ruke”  

oštrouman The old man’s senile, but his wife is as sharp as a needle.

“tražiti iglu u plastu sijena”; (fig.) raditi uzaludan posao Trying to find a white glove in the snow is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I tried to find my lost contact lens on the beach, but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.  

stupiti (na) Three men, who believe they are the first to have set foot on the brand-new island in the Pacific Ocean, captured incredible images of the volcanic islet.