go to the wall

Japan's decision not to go to the wall for its territorial claims looks expedient, but it may come to haunt it in the long term.

日本决定不为其领土要求而去碰壁（的选择）看起来是有利，但它可能存在着长期的深远影响。

A large number of companies it bought in recent years look as if they are about to go to the wall.

最近几年，他所买入的大量公司（业绩）看起来好像他们的投资计划已经失败了。

Sun-Times Media filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest newspaper publisher to go to the wall in the United States.

Times传媒申请破产保护，成为美国新进以来第一个破产的报刊发行商。

Jonathan de Mello at Experian foresees a radical restructuring of the market as consumer habits change and smaller retailers go to the wall.

Experian公司的乔纳森•埃拉•德梅洛（JonathandeMello）预见随着消费者习惯的改变和小型零售商的失败，市场会经历彻底的重组。

Unless the company gets some more investment soon it will go to the wall.

除非这间公司能得到更多的投资，不然很快就会倒闭了。

Eg. Despite that, he operates a major winery and has the capital to remain standing while the small producers go to the wall.

尽管如此，他经营着一家大型酿酒厂，在一些小酒厂倒闭时，仍有足够的资金维持运转。

Which bus do I take to go to the Wall Street?

我要去华尔街搭乘哪一路公共汽车呢？

I will not sit idly by and let people and businesses go to the wall.

我不会无所作为，让人们及商业到处碰壁。

I've seen some go to the wall.

我看到一些网站倒闭了。