make bricks without straw

短语

作无米之炊

发音

AU

词形变化

made bricks without straw makes bricks without straw 三单 makes bricks without straw making bricks without straw making bricks without straw 现在分词 made bricks without straw 过去式 made bricks without straw 过去分词

别名

make bricks without straws

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.

    习语

词源

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).

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