English Explanatory Dictionary

you can't get a quart into a pint pot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. You cannot fit a large object or amount in something smaller.
  2. One cannot achieve the impossible.

Word forms

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