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blind alley:
- Sackgasse; ausichtslose Situation
Wiktionary:
- blind alley → Sackgasse
- blind alley → Sackgasse

English

Detailed Translations for blind alley from English to German

blind alley:

blind alley [the ~] noun

the blind alley (deadlock; impasse; stalemate; fix)
die Sackgasse
- Sackgasse [die ~] noun
the blind alley (dead end alley)
die ausichtslose Situation
- ausichtslose Situation [die ~] noun

Translation Matrix for blind alley:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Sackgasse	blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end; dead end alley; dead end street; deadlock; fix; impasse; stalemate	cul-de-sac; dead end; dead moment; no-through road
ausichtslose Situation	blind alley; dead end alley
-	cul de sac; dead-end street; impasse

Synonyms for "blind alley":

cul de sac; dead-end street; impasse; thoroughfare
course; course of action

Related Definitions for "blind alley":

(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement¹
- all the clues led the police into blind alleys¹
- so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley¹
a street with only one way in or out¹

Wiktionary Translations for blind alley:

blind alley

noun

a street that leads nowhere
- blind alley → Sackgasse

blind alley

noun

kleine Straße ohne Durchfahrmöglichkeit
- Sackgasse → dead-end; blind alley; cul-de-sac

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• blind alley	→ Sackgasse	↔ cul-de-sac — Rue sans issue

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for blind alley

alley
blind

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University