English noun: blind alley | |||
1. | blind alley (artifact) a street with only one way in or out | ||
Synonyms | cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thoroughfare | ||
2. | blind alley (act) (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement | ||
Samples | All the clues led the police into blind alleys. So far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | course, course of action | ||
Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||