make bricks without straw

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toaccomplisha taskwithoutthe propermaterialsor underunreasonableconditions; to do theimpossible.1938, Jonas A. Jonasson,Bricks without straw: the story of Linfield College, page168:The founders did more than "make bricks without straw; they dreamed of a great cathedral and laid the foundations for it.2008, Woody Holton,Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution,→ISBN, page30:To call on the owners of little farms, the tradesmen, labourers and sailors to pay their proportion of a [£20,000] tax, when perhaps there is not half that sum in circulation is something harder than being forced tomake bricks without straw,” he wrote; "it is to make them without clay."2014, Peter F. Serra,Snapshots of Inspiration,→ISBN, page170:The problems that we may find ourselves confronted with may be similar to amake bricks without strawcondition, imposed by not only others but in large measure ourselves.

Examples:

EN: Ain't been five minutes ago since I gave orders to chop off their hands... if they can't make bricks without straw.
ES: No hace cinco minutos que ordené que les cortaran las manos... si no pueden hacer ladrillos sin paja.
EN: Like the time we got King Pharaoh of Egypt to force the children of Israel to make bricks without straw.
ES: Como cuando hicimos que el Faraón de Egipto obligara a los niños de Israel a hacer ladrillos sin paja.
EN: Bear it before your idle people and bid them make bricks without straw.
ES: Sujétala ante tu gente ociosa, y pídeles que hagan ladrillos sin paja.
ID: Perintahkan bangsamu untuk membuat bata tanpa jerami.
EN: How can people make bricks without straw?
ES: ¿Cómo pueden hacerse hacerse sin paja?
ID: Bagaimana buat bata tanpa jerami?
EN: How can we make bricks without straw?
ES: ¿Cómo podremos hacer ladrillos sin paja?
ID: Bagaimana membuat bata tanpa jerami?
EN: You told Moses to make bricks without straw.
ES: Dijiste a Moisés que hiciera ladrillos sin paja.
ID: Kau suruh Musa buat bata tanpa jerami.
EN: You can't make bricks without straw. Let's go.
ES: No se pueden hacer ladrillos sin paja Vamos
EN: Have you experienced this kind of despair - having to make bricks without straw?
HI: क्या आपने कभी अपने हाथों को चिकना किए बिना यह सब हासिल करने. . .
EN: They were asked to make bricks without straw!
HI: बिना किसी साज के पाँव थिरक रहे थे !
EN: However, one can't make bricks without straw.
ID: Tapi kami tidak punya cukup uang.
EN: We can't make bricks without straw.
ID: Tanpa kondisi yang diperlukan, sulit untuk mencapai apa pun.
EN: But you can't make bricks without straw.
ID: Tapi kalau tidak ada latar belakang, maka tidak bisa melakukan apapun.
EN: 1411291 You can't make bricks without straw.
TE: < start="1167.32" dur="4.99"> మీరు ఏమీ చేయకుండా బలమైన కండరాలను అభివృద్ధి చేయరు.
EN: Pharaoh will compel the people to make bricks without straw because he desires to keep them in slavery.
TE: పురుషుడు ఫేరోమోన్స్ సరసమైన సెక్స్ పురుషుల మధ్య ఆకర్షించగల. పక్కకు. కానీ కారణంగా ప్రజల దైనందిన పరిశుభ్రత వారి సొంత attractants కోల్పోతారు.
EN: forced to make bricks without straw in Egypt.
TE: ఇది బట్టలు శిరోభూషణముఈజిప్టు విలీనం లేని కాంట్రాస్ట్లపై ప్లే అవసరం.

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