27
with one's back to the wall(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
25
at bay(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
25
in a cleft stick(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
16
immotile(adjective, motionless, immobile, static, stuck)
16
stock-still(adjective, adverb, motionless, immobile, static)
14
against the wall(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
at a dead end(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
at a dead lift(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
at a non placet(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
at a nonplus(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
between a rock and a hard place(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
between the beetle and the block(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
between the devil and the deep sea(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
between the upper and the nether millstone(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
dead on arrival(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
hit a snag(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
in a deadlock(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
in a gridlock(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
in an impasse(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
14
in chancery(expression, idiom, failure, situation, motionless)
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