Hit a Wall

Hit a Wall

Welcome to English in a Minute.

Hitting a wall sounds painful…

and also dangerous.

TO HIT A WALL

Hey, Anna,

how’s your book coming along?

I’ve written three chapters.

But this week, I’ve hit a wall.

I sit for hours just staring at the computer.

When I hit a wall, I just take a break.

It helps to stop thinking about it for a bit.

Okay, I’m not going to think about it.

Walls stop us from going into another area.

If we come across a wall,

we can’t just walk through it.

So, the expression “to hit a wall”

means to face something

that stops us from progressing.

There are many reasons why you might

hit a wall __

lack of money, lack of resources,

or like Anna, lack of mental energy.

And that’s English in a Minute.