Sackgasse

f cul-de-sac, dead-end street; fig. dead end; bes. POL. etc. impasse; in eine Sackgasse geraten fig. reach a dead end; Gespräche: reach deadlock

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die Sackgasse

impasse; cul-de-sac; dead-end street; dead end; blind alley

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Sạck|gas|se

f

dead end, blind alley, cul-de-sac (esp Brit); (fig) dead end

in eine Sackgasse geraten (fig) — to finish up a blind alley; (Verhandlungen) to reach an impasse

in einer Sackgasse stecken (fig) — to be (stuck) up a blind alley; (mit Bemühungen etc) to have come to a dead end

die Verhandlungen in die Sackgasse führen (fig) — to lead the negotiations into an impasse

die Verhandlungen aus der Sackgasse führen (fig) — to end the impasse in the negotiations

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die

1) (a situation without any way out: This is a blind alley of a job.) blind alley

2) (a street closed at one end.) cul-de-sac

3) (a road closed off at one end.) dead end

4) (in any contest, dispute etc, a position in which neither side can win: The recent discussions ended in stalemate.) stalemate

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Sack·gas·se

f (a. fig) cul-de-sac, blind alley, dead end a. fig

in einer \Sackgasse stecken to have come to a dead end [or an impasse]

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die cul-de-sac; (fig.) impasse

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Sackgasse f cul-de-sac, dead-end street; fig dead end; besonders POL etc impasse;

in eine Sackgasse geraten fig reach a dead end; Gespräche: reach deadlock

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die cul-de-sac; (fig.) impasse

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f.

blind alley n.

cul-de-sac n.

dead end n.

dead-end street n.