you can't get a quart into a pint pot

短语

别名

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

释义与例句

prov.
  1. 1.

    You cannot fit a large object or amount in something smaller.

  2. 2.

    One cannot achieve the impossible.

    比喻

    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!