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make bricks without straws

make bricks without straws is the alternative form of make bricks without straw.

Meaning of make bricks without straw

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

Forms of make bricks without straws

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

Questions about make bricks without straws

What is make bricks without straws the alternative form of?
Make bricks without straws is the alternative form of make bricks without straw.

Words near make bricks without straws in the dictionary

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

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