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blind alley:
- impasse; cul-de sac; rue sans issu; situation sans issue; voie sans issu; cul-de-sac
Wiktionary:
- blind alley → cul-de-sac
- blind alley → impasse, cul-de-sac

English

Detailed Translations for blind alley from English to French

blind alley:

blind alley [the ~] noun

the blind alley (deadlock; impasse; stalemate; fix)
l'impasse
- impasse [la ~] noun
the blind alley (dead end; dead end alley)
l'impasse; le cul-de sac; la rue sans issu
- impasse [la ~] noun
- cul-de sac [le ~] noun
- rue sans issu [la ~] noun
the blind alley (dead end alley)
l'impasse; la situation sans issue; la voie sans issu
- impasse [la ~] noun
- situation sans issue [la ~] noun
- voie sans issu [la ~] noun
the blind alley (cul-de-sac; dead end street; dead end alley)
l'impasse; la cul-de-sac
- impasse [la ~] noun
- cul-de-sac [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for blind alley:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
cul-de sac	blind alley; dead end; dead end alley
cul-de-sac	blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end alley; dead end street	cul-de-sac; dead end; no-through road
impasse	blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end; dead end alley; dead end street; deadlock; fix; impasse; stalemate	cul-de-sac; dead end; dead moment; no-through road; stalemate
rue sans issu	blind alley; dead end; dead end alley
situation sans issue	blind alley; dead end alley
voie sans issu	blind alley; dead end alley
-	cul de sac; dead-end street; impasse

Synonyms for "blind alley":

cul de sac; dead-end street; impasse; thoroughfare
course; course of action

Related Definitions for "blind alley":

(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement¹
- all the clues led the police into blind alleys¹
- so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley¹
a street with only one way in or out¹

Wiktionary Translations for blind alley:

blind alley

noun

Rue sans issue
- cul-de-sac → dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• blind alley	→ impasse; cul-de-sac	↔ Sackgasse — kleine Straße ohne Durchfahrmöglichkeit

External Machine Translations:

Related Translations for blind alley

alley
blind

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University