dead end

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌdead ˈend [dead end dead ends] BrE NAmE noun
1. a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end
•The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.
2. a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing
•We had come to a dead end in our research.
•This line of investigation could prove to be a complete dead end.
•He's in a dead-end job in the local factory (= one with low wages and no hope of promotion).
•These negotiations are a dead-end street (= they have reached a point where no further progress is possible).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deadlock, impasse, stalemate, standstill, cul, cul de sac