dead-end russian

• тупи́к

  dead end

• аппе́ндикс

  appendix, vermiform appendix

  appendage, dead-end offshoot, annex

  neck (of a balloon), filling sleeve

• уткну́ться

  to bury (one's face), to press (one's face) into, to hide (one's face)

  to bury oneself (in a book), to be engrossed (in), to stick one's nose (into)

  to run into, to come to a dead end, to be stopped (by an obstacle)

• тупичо́к

  small cul-de-sac, small dead-end street

• утыка́ться

  to bury one's face (in), to bury one's nose (in), to bury one's head (in)

  to run into, to bump into, to hit (against)

  to run into a dead end, to get stuck

• бесперспекти́вность

  hopelessness, futility, lack of prospects

  lack of development opportunities, dead-end nature

• утыка́ющийся

  dead-end, running into

Examples

• Э́то тупик.

  This is a dead-end street.

• Э́та алле́я зака́нчивается тупиком.

  This is a dead-end alley.

• Не ходи́ туда, э́то тупик.

  Don't go in there, it's a dead-end street.

• Э́то бесперспекти́вные отноше́ния.

  It's a dead-end relationship.

• Э́ти отноше́ния ни к чему не веду́т.

  It's a dead-end relationship.

• Он погря́з в бесперспекти́вной рабо́те.

  He was trapped in a dead-end job.

• Дорога уткнулась в глухую стену леса.

  The road came to a dead end at the impenetrable wall of the forest.

• Гид, путавший названия улиц, завёл нас в тупик.

  The guide, who had mixed up the street names, led us to a dead end.

• Пристреливший раненого зверя охотник закончил охоту.

  The hunter who had shot the wounded animal dead ended the hunt.