八方ふさがり

はっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix

Also written 八方塞がり、八方塞、八方塞り

Meanings

Noun
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix

Example sentences

八方塞はっぽうふさがりだ。

We're sunk.
トムは八方はっぽうふさがりの状態じょうたいだ。

Tom is caught between a rock and a hard place.
必死ひっしで考かんがえた企画きかくは却下きゃっか、一生懸命いっしょうけんめい作つくった本ほんは売うれない。山下さんかさんは八方塞はっぽうふさがりの状態じょうたいに陥おちいっている。

Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.