if your back is against the wall it means you have been cornered by an unfavorable situation with no futher room to retreat and you must either fight back or die.
i didn't want to fight but that dickhead had my back against the wall so I broke a beer bottle over his head
by jilm June 14, 2013
Get the back against the wallmug. We're desperate. We have no where to go. We have to fight our way out of this, confront what is in front of us. Our backs are up against the wall.
by alkinizor March 22, 2011
Get the our backs are up against the wallmug.