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1 to put a quart into a pint pot
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Pot — may refer to: Containers * Flowerpot, a container for growing plants * Cooking pot * Chamber pot * Pot (poker) * Pot glass, a kind of beer glass * Pot haircut, looking as though someone put a bowl on the head and cut off all the visible hair *… … Wikipedia
put a quart into a pint pot — put a quart into a pint ˈpot idiom (BrE) to put sth into a space that is too small for it • Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot. Main entry: ↑quartidiom … Useful english dictionary
pot — pot1 [pät] n. [ME < OE pott, akin to Du & Fr pot < ML pottus < VL potus, drinking cup < L, a drink < potare: see POTABLE] 1. a round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, cooking or… … English World dictionary
pot´ter|ing|ly — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… … Useful english dictionary
pot´ter|er — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… … Useful english dictionary
pot|ter — pot|ter1 «POT uhr», noun. a person who makes pots, dishes, or vases out of clay. ╂[Old English pottere < pott pot + ere er1] pot|ter2 «POT uhr», intransitive verb, transitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way; putter: »She potters… … Useful english dictionary
put someone's pot on — (Aust informal) 1. To inform on someone, give someone away 2. To undo or finish someone • • • Main Entry: ↑pot … Useful english dictionary
put|ty — put|ty1 «PUHT ee», noun, plural ties, verb, tied, ty|ing. –n. 1. a soft mixture of powdered chalk and linseed oil, used for fastening panes of glass in window frames and for filling cracks and holes in woodwork. Putty slowly hardens after it is… … Useful english dictionary
pot up — To put (a plant) into a pot • • • Main Entry: ↑pot … Useful english dictionary
pot|ted — «POT ihd», adjective. 1. put into a pot: »a potted plant. 2. cooked and preserved in pots or cans: »potted beef. 3. Slang, Figurative. drunk; intoxicated. 4. British Slang. a) … Useful english dictionary
pot — I. /pɒt / (say pot) noun 1. an earthen, metallic, or other container, usually round and deep, used for domestic or other purposes. 2. such a vessel with its contents. 3. a potful. 4. a potful of liquor. 5. liquor or other drink. 6. Qld, Victoria …