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hit the wall
Language:
Meanings:
1.
Global
neutral
To strike or come into sudden contact with a wall or vertical surface.
2.
Global
informal
sports
idiomatic
To encounter sudden, extreme physical fatigue or loss of power often attributed to glycogen depletion during prolonged strenuous exercise.
3.
US
UK
Global
informal
idiomatic
To reach an abrupt limit or obstacle in progress, performance, or ability, causing further advancement to become very difficult or impossible.
4.
US
Online
colloquial
derogatory
idiomatic
Of a woman, to be perceived as losing physical attractiveness because of advancing age; a pejorative expression about aging.
Examples:
EN:
Keep going until you hit the wall.
ES:
Siga caminando hasta darse con la pared.
EN:
Yeah, but hit the wall, huh?
ES:
- Sí, pero contra la pared, ¿eh?
EN:
Ready with that scaling ladder when we hit the wall.
ES:
Hay que levantar la escalera cuando lleguemos a la pared.
EN:
- What happened? - He hit the wall
ES:
- Se dio con la pared.
EN:
Did you think you could hit the wall easier from the women's side?
ES:
¿Crees que puedes saltar más fácilmente el muro desde el lado de las mujeres?
EN:
That is, if you do not hit the wall first.
ES:
Eso si no da primero a la pared.
EN:
You'll be lucky if you hit the wall.
ES:
Con suerte tocarás la pared.
EN:
Excuse me, why did you hit the wall?
ES:
- ¿Por qué ha chocado contra la pared?
EN:
My head hit the wall.
ES:
Mi cabeza golpeó la pared.
EN:
We almost hit the wall... and I told him... understand?
ES:
Para no acabar empotrados en un árbol, le dije... ¿entiendes?
EN:
Another lap, and I'd have hit the wall.
ES:
Otra vuelta más y me habría ido contra la valla.
EN:
But I didn't hit the wall, and I was in love with you this afternoon.
ES:
Pero no llegó a ocurrir... y eso que estaba enamorado de ti.
EN:
In the thirteenth race, I hit the wall at East Gasping.
ES:
En la decimotercera carrera, choqué contra la pared en East Gasping.
EN:
Listen, I think if the crud's starting to hit the wall, we got a right to know about it.
ES:
Creo que el comezará a pegarle a las paredes. -Tenemos derecho a saberlo.
EN:
He cleaned his rifle like this. The bullet hit the wall back there, behind him.
ES:
ÉI estaba limpiando el fusil, la bala se incrustó en la pared.
EN:
Keep going until you hit the wall.
ES:
Siga caminando hasta darse con la pared.
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