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make bricks without straw

make bricks without straw verb: to accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.

Verb

make bricks without straw (third-person singular simple present makes bricks without straw, present participle making bricks without straw, simple past and past participle made bricks without straw)

  1. (idiomatic) To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.
    • The founders did more than "make bricks without straw; they dreamed of a great cathedral and laid the foundations for it.1938, Jonas A. Jonasson, Bricks without straw: the story of Linfield College, page 168
    • To call on the owners of little farms, the tradesmen, labourers and sailors to pay their proportion of a [£20,000] tax, when perhaps there is not half that sum in circulation is something harder than being forced to make bricks without straw,” he wrote; "it is to make them without clay."2008, Woody Holton, Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, →ISBN, page 30

make bricks without straw meaning in Bengali

make bricks without straw in Bengali

অসম্ভব কিছু করা

Synonyms of make bricks without straw

Forms of make bricks without straw

third-person singular presentmakes bricks without straw
present participlemaking bricks without straw
past participlemade bricks without straw
pastmade bricks without straw
alternative formmake bricks without straws

Origin of make bricks without straw

From Exodus 5:18: "Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks." (NIV).

Questions about make bricks without straw

What does make bricks without straw mean?
Make bricks without straw means to accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.
What is make bricks without straw in Bengali?
Make bricks without straw in Bengali is অসম্ভব কিছু করা. See Make bricks without straw meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is make bricks without straw?
Make bricks without straw is a verb.
What is the past tense of make bricks without straw?
The past tense of make bricks without straw is made bricks without straw.

Words near make bricks without straw in the dictionary

  1. make bold
  2. make bones about
  3. make book
  4. make both ends meet
  5. make bricks without clay
  6. make bricks without straw
  7. make bricks without straws
  8. make capital out of
  9. make certain
  10. make common cause
  11. make conscience

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