- lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- to be trapped in a hopeless situation
“helpless, nowhere to turn; there is no road to heaven and no door into earth”
形容无路可走的窘迫处境。
出处 宋·释悟明《联灯会要》卷二十八：“进前则触途成滞，退后即噎气填胸，直得上天无路，入地无门。”
示例 大家的心境都已经达到绝望的程度了，真个是～，对着那浩浩的赣江，竟想喊出两声蹩脚的秦腔了。（郭沫若《南昌之一夜》）