dead end | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Astreetorpathortunnelthat goesnowhereor isblockedon one end.That road comes to adead endat the lake.; (mining)The inner end of adriftortunnel.1912Queensland Annual Report of the Under Secretary for Mines for 1911. Brisbane, Australia. p.167The ventilation ofdead ends— always a serious problem — has in some mines been an absolute necessity. At the Oriental Consols Gold Mine acrosscutat a depth of 2,600 ft. has been continued to over 1,400 ft. from theshaft, and at the No. 2 South Great Eastern Gold Mine crosscutting anddrivinghas been carried on at depths of 1,750 ft. and 2,000 ft. In order to ventilate thesedead endsblowers have been used to force air into thefacesthrough lines of pipes.; (figurative)Apositionthatoffersnohopeofchangeorprogress.Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was adead end.; Asplit endin thehair.1890,The Young Lady's Private Counselor, page208:Cut the ends of the hair once a month certain — no matter if you do cut but just the tips of a fourth of an inch, cut it. Cut off thedead endsevery month as regularly as the new moon comes round.

Examples:

EN: A dead end.
ES: Un callejón sin salida.
EN: We seem to be absolutely at a dead end.
ES: Parece que estamos en un callejón sin salida.
EN: I go the other. That leads to a dead end.
ES: Yo voy hacia el otro lado.
EN: We're coming to a dead end.
ES: Esto se acaba.
EN: We haven't come to a dead end yet!
ES: ¡Todavía no estamos acabados!
EN: Oh, a dead end!
ES: ¡Una vía sin salida!
EN: I thought it was a dead end.
ES: Creí que era un camino cerrado.
EN: He's gets in more jams than the dead end kids.
ES: Se mete en más líos que cualquier pandilla.
EN: When I run into a dead end I just turn round and start off on a different tack.
ES: Cada vez que estoy en un callejón sin salida solo vuelvo a empezar con algo diferente.
EN: Yeah, but the statue's a dead end.
ES: Sí, en la estatua no hay salida.
EN: Here's another dead end.
ES: Hay otro punto muerto.
EN: But it seems to have led to a dead end.
ES: Pero parece habernos llevado a un callejón sin salida.
EN: Uh-oh, dead end.
ES: - No hay salida.
EN: It's a dead end.
ES: No tiene salida.
EN: My game was frightened and witless, it ran straight to a dead end.
ES: Mi presa estaba asustada y quedó acorralada.

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