How to Pronounce "up a blind alley"
expression
UHP uh BLIND AL-ee
UP uh BLIND AL-ee
Definition
If you are up a blind alley, you are following a plan or idea that leads nowhere and will not succeed. It describes a situation with no way forward or solution.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈəp/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈbɫaɪnd/ /ˈæɫi
British English
ˈʌp/ /æɪ/ /blˈaɪnd/ /ˈæli
Simplified Pronunciation
US
UHP uh BLIND AL-ee
UK
UP uh BLIND AL-ee
Listen in Context
I feel like we're up a blind alley with this puzzle.
All my research has led up a blind alley.
If the negotiations continue like this, we'll end up a blind alley.
We thought we had a solution, but we were really up a blind alley the whole time.