English-Finnish translations for back to the wall

• selkä seinää vasten
  Seisotte selkä seinää vasten, ja teitä osoitetaan pistoolilla rintaan. You are standing with your back to the wall and with a pistol pointing at your chest.
  Nuori maanviljelijä, joka on sijoittanut juuri sekayritykseen, jossa harjoitetaan nautalihakarjan kasvatusta ja maanviljelyä, on nykyisessä tilanteessa selkä seinää vasten. A young farmer who has invested in a mixed operation, combining stock and arable farming, has his back to the wall as things stand at present.

Definition of back to the wall

• A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action

Related words

• to have one's back to the wall
• back to the drawing board
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• backs to the wall
• have one’s back to the wall
• have one's back to the wall
• come back to something
• back tooth
• be fed up to the back teeth