| 单词 | make bricks without straw |
| 释义 | make bricks without strawPerform a task without essential materials or means, as in Writing a report without the current data is making bricks without straw. This expression alludes to straw as a material necessary in early brick manufacturing. [Early 1600s] Words nearby make bricks without strawmake bail, makebate, make-believe, make bold, make book, make bricks without straw, make capital out of, make conversation, make demands on, Makedhonia, make-do The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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