you can't get a quart into a pint pot

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英文释义

谚语
  1. You cannot fit a large object or amount in something smaller. literally
  2. One cannot achieve the impossible. figuratively
    — They've asked me to get from London to New York by five o'clock, but it's half past four now, and you can't get a quart into a pint pot!

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you can't fit a quart into a pint pot alternative you can't put a quart into a pint pot alternative
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