14
be at a low ebb(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
at a dead end(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
dead on arrival(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
ground to a halt(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
hit a roadblock(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
hit a snag(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
hit the skids(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
in a cleft stick(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
in a deadlock(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
in a gridlock(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
in dire straits(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
in the hole(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
like a rat in a hole(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
on a hiding to nothing(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
on a hiding to nowhere(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
on one's beam-ends(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
up a gum-tree(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
up a tree(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
with one's back to the wall(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
6
with one's hand in the till(expression, idiom, motionless, doomed, stuck)
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