一鼻子灰 [
yī bí zi huī]
meet rejection
be rebuffed
run into a stone wall
- 我想参军, 但因身体不好而碰了一鼻子灰。
I tried to join the army but was rejected because of poor health. - 班纳特太太虽然碰了一鼻子灰,可是并不甘心罢休。
Not yet, however, in spite of her disappointment in her husband, did Mrs. - 她本想邀请他参加自己的婚礼,没想到碰了一鼻子灰,他断然拒绝。
She wanted to invite him to her wedding,but got snubbed-in fact,he flatly refused.