| 单词 | to put a quart into a pint pot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put a quart into a pint pot In proverbial phrases (in sense 1b), as to put a quart into a pint pot and variants. ΚΠ 1838 S. Kettell Yankee Notions 185 The mind will hold any quantity of knowledge..and there is no difficulty..in getting a quart into a pint pot. 1854 Times 28 July 9/3 The problem..with respect to the accommodation of the Crystal Palace traffic was something like that of putting a quart into a pint pot. 1896 Sir M. Hicks Beach in Daily News 23 July 4/3 They had been too ambitious. They had attempted what he might describe in homely phrase as putting a quart into a pint pot. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 42 863 [They] have, in the compass of only 140 pages, covered a wide range competently. The quart has been successfully compressed into the pint pot. 1991 What Personal Computer Dec. 144/1 This is as bad case of ‘RAM Cram’ as I've ever come across! You're trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot. 2000 J. Pemberton Forever & Ever Amen xiv. 91 Besides, you can't fit a quart into a pint pot. < as lemmas |
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