英语词汇“to make bricks without straw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to make bricks without straw: said with allusion to Exodus v.The current form and application of the saying are hardly justified by the narrative. The Israelites were not required to make bricks without straw (which was an indispensable binding material for sun-dried bricks), but to gather the straw for themselves instead of having it furnished to them. The phrase, however, now commonly means ‘(to be required) to produce results without the means usually considered necessary’. Cf. the accurate use in quot. 1661.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > achieve the impossible [verb (intransitive)]

to make bricks without straw1658

1658 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 79 It is an hard task to make bricks without straw.

1661 Dk. Ormonde in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. v. 10 If they will not let that [act] passe..and yet will have us keepe armys, is it not requireing a tale of bricks, without allowing the straw.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 271 It is often good for us to have to make bricks without straw.

1883 M. B. Betham-Edwards Disarmed I. i. 5 The fact is, you are fast being spoiled. But your task from to-day will be to make bricks without straw. No appeal shall induce me to have pity on you.

单词	to make bricks without straw
释义	> as lemmas to make bricks without straw a. to make bricks without straw: said with allusion to Exodus v.The current form and application of the saying are hardly justified by the narrative. The Israelites were not required to make bricks without straw (which was an indispensable binding material for sun-dried bricks), but to gather the straw for themselves instead of having it furnished to them. The phrase, however, now commonly means ‘(to be required) to produce results without the means usually considered necessary’. Cf. the accurate use in quot. 1661. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > achieve the impossible [verb (intransitive)] to make bricks without straw1658 1658 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 79 It is an hard task to make bricks without straw. 1661 Dk. Ormonde in 11th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1887) App. v. 10 If they will not let that [act] passe..and yet will have us keepe armys, is it not requireing a tale of bricks, without allowing the straw. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 271 It is often good for us to have to make bricks without straw. 1883 M. B. Betham-Edwards Disarmed I. i. 5 The fact is, you are fast being spoiled. But your task from to-day will be to make bricks without straw. No appeal shall induce me to have pity on you. extracted from strawn.¹ < as lemmas
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