歯は止どめがかからない

expression, i-adjective

unstoppable; can't be stopped

Used for negative things that cannot be brought under control, such as rising costs, a worsening situation, or an uncontrollable impulse. The phrase literally means 'the brake doesn't engage'.

• 物ぶっ価かの上じょう昇しょうに歯は止どめがかからない。

  The rise in prices is unstoppable.

• 彼かれの浪ろう費ひ癖へきには歯は止どめがかからない。

  His spending habit can't be stopped.