İtalyanca "spalle al muro" kelimesi Türkçe'de kuyruğu kapana kısılmak anlamına gelir.
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Genelkuyruğu kapana kısılmak
Diğer Dillerde
to have one's back to the wall, to be up against the wall, to be backed into a corner, to have no way out
hopeless
çekim: karşılaştırma hopelozer · üstünlük meest hopeloos
köken: From hoop (“hope”) + -e- + -loos (“-less”).
aile: hopeloosheid
up against the wall (cornered without an escape)
köken: Literally, “against [the] wall”.
back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)
köken: selkä (“back”) + seinää (“a wall”) + vasten (“against”)
Kun hänet pantiin selkä seinää vasten, hänen oli pakko tunnustaa.