(like) a fly dashing out its head against the wall -- a sure [an inevitable] failure; flies running against a stone wall
Related Translations:
四处碰壁: get into trouble on all sides; be driven from pillar to post; be snubbed at all places; run into snags at every turn; run one's head into stone walls everywhere
苍蝇: fly 短语和例子拍苍蝇 flap [swat] a fly; 用扇子赶苍蝇 fan the flies away; 苍蝇嗡嗡叫。 flies buzz. 他看起来善良得好像连只苍蝇也不忍心伤害。 he looks as though he would not hurt a fly.; 苍蝇掸 flybrush; 苍蝇拍子 flyswatter; swatter; 苍蝇斑点