blind alley

English

Noun

blind alley (plural blind alleys)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see blind,‎ alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.
2. (figuratively) A course of inquiry that leads nowhere.

Synonyms

• cul-de-sac
• dead end

Translations

a street that leads nowhere

• Armenian: փակուղի (hy) (pʿakułi)
• Bulgarian: задънена улица (bg) (zadǎnena ulica) f
• Danish: blindgyde (da) c
• Georgian: ჩიხი (ka) (č’ixi)
• German: Sackgasse (de) f
• Hungarian: zsákutca (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blindvei (nb) m, blindveg (nb) m, blindgate (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: blindveg (nn) m, blindgate (nn) f

• Polish: ślepa uliczka (pl) f
• Russian: тупик (ru) (tupík) m
• Swedish: återvändsgränd (sv) c
• Turkish: çıkmaz sokak (tr)