go to the goat's house for wool
helplessness
counterproductive
unhelpfulness
paint oneself into a corner
box oneself into a corner
recourse
cannot but
bystander effect
bootstrap
cut bait
mispursue
give with one hand and take away with the other
help out
fall back
blunt instrument
draw a blank
go hard with someone
misdiscover
now what
get out
misplace
dig a hole for oneself
cut someone's throat
haw and gee
lose
unpurpose
come to
on the wrong track
save
miscarry
wing and prayer
misforward
toast
resolve
goner
unobtainable
get one's
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
reach out
unaided
kick
help vampire
requisitum
hide
help
have a fable for
necessity knows no law
heeelp
misendow
problemise
peer
goat rope
whistle in the wind
flog a dead horse
unredeemedly
XY problem
lose oneself
get turned around
flog a dead pony
beggars can't be choosers
moocher
comfort
infeasibly
search and rescue
scrounge up
incapacitate
come up with snake eyes
scare up
wicked problem
find out
underaccommodation
give out
refuge
Job's comforter
have someone by the short hairs
home
frustration
frob
kick someone when they are down
get lost
unfulfillably
unhelpful
complacent
navigate
lost
miss
take the bull by the horns
puzzle out
ask for the moon
unlock
fiddle while Rome burns
thwarting
foiling
root about
by oneself
waylessness
counterproductive
unaided
unhelpful
complacent
lost
unredeemedly
infeasibly
unfulfillably
helplessness
unhelpfulness
recourse
bystander effect
blunt instrument
wing and prayer
toast
goner
unobtainable
help vampire
requisitum
goat rope
XY problem
moocher
comfort
search and rescue
wicked problem
underaccommodation
refuge
Job's comforter
frustration
thwarting
foiling
waylessness
go to the goat's house for wool
paint oneself into a corner
box oneself into a corner
cannot but
bootstrap
cut bait
mispursue
give with one hand and take away with the other
help out
fall back
draw a blank
go hard with someone
misdiscover
get out
misplace
dig a hole for oneself
cut someone's throat
haw and gee
lose
unpurpose
come to
save
miscarry
misforward
resolve
get one's
reach out
kick
hide
help
have a fable for
misendow
problemise
peer
whistle in the wind
flog a dead horse
lose oneself
get turned around
flog a dead pony
scrounge up
incapacitate
come up with snake eyes
scare up
find out
give out
have someone by the short hairs
home
frob
kick someone when they are down
get lost
navigate
miss
take the bull by the horns
puzzle out
ask for the moon
unlock
fiddle while Rome burns
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