cul de sac

• Rua ou passagem sem saída, fechada em uma das extremidades; também usado em sentido figurado para descrever uma situação sem saída ou que não leva a nada.

A street or passage closed at one end, forming a dead end; also used figuratively to describe a situation that leads nowhere or has no way forward.

1. Dead-end streetB1formal

   A street that is closed at one end, typically with a circular turnaround for vehicles.

   Rua sem saída

   • They bought a house on a quiet cul de sac.
   • The children play safely in the cul de sac because there is no through traffic.
   • The cul de sac ends in a small roundabout.

2. Blind alley or dead endB2formal

   A situation that leads to no further progress or development.

   Beco sem saída

   • The negotiations reached a cul de sac with no agreement in sight.
   • His career seemed to have hit a cul de sac.
   • The investigation ran into a cul de sac when the main witness disappeared.