種たね切ぎれ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

run out of; out of stock; exhausted

Used when a supply, especially of seeds, ideas, or topics, is depleted. Often appears as 種切れになる or 種切れだ.

• 話はなしの種たねが種たね切ぎれになった。

  I ran out of topics to talk about.

• アイデアが種たね切ぎれで、新あたらしい企き画かくが浮うかばない。

  I'm out of ideas and can't come up with a new plan.