打うつ手てがない

expression, i-adjective

have no way out; nothing can be done; at one's wit's end

Used when all possible measures have been exhausted and there is no remaining solution. Often carries a nuance of helplessness or desperation.

• もう打うつ手てがない。どうすればいいんだ。

  There's nothing more I can do. What should I do?

• 会かい社しゃは資し金きん繰ぐりに行いき詰づまり、打うつ手てがない状じょう態たいだ。

  The company is stuck in a cash-flow crisis and has no way out.