For a Lumina bumper, just getting it painted might be $200 at a minimum. For a Lexus, I could easily see it costing $500 to $1k, even if you did the removal, delivery and re-installation yourself. They're probably going to replace the whole bumper, even if you think it just needs a coat of paint.
The term âback to the wallâ is an idiom that means a person or group of people are in a hard-pressed situation. It usually means the person or people have run out of options, or there are no means of escape. It also carries the connotation of a hard-pressed defense. The term developed out of the military and originally meant a last stand.
1 1informal (of a business) go out of business; fail. âthousands of firms are expected to go to the wall this yearâ. 2  2informal Support someone or something, no matter what the cost to oneself. âthe tendency for poets to go to the wall for their beliefsâ. 3  go up the wall.