to+(make)+do+without

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• make bricks without straw — 1. To try to do a piece of work without the materials necessary for it 2. To make something that will not last • • • Main Entry: ↑brick * * * make bricks without ˈstraw idiom (BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information …   Useful english dictionary

• make wholly without effect — index avoid (cancel) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• make bricks without straw — {v. phr.} To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. * /John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw./ * /It was making bricks without… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• make bricks without straw — {v. phr.} To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. * /John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw./ * /It was making bricks without… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• make\ bricks\ without\ straw — v. phr. To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw. It was making bricks without straw to… …   Словарь американских идиом

• make do (without something) — make do ( with/without/something) phrase to succeed in dealing with a situation by using what is available despite not having something There wasn’t much food, but we made do. Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• make bricks without straw — do something in spite of the lack of necessary materials, make something out of nothing …   English contemporary dictionary

• you cannot make bricks without straw — Nothing can be made or performed without the necessary materials. Frequently used as a metaphorical phrase, to make bricks without straw. A (misapplied) allusion to EXODUS V. 7 (AV) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• You can't make bricks without straw. — something that you say which means you cannot do something correctly without the necessary materials. I need an electric drill to put these shelves up. You can t make bricks without straw …   New idioms dictionary

• you can't make bricks without straw — ► you can t make bricks without straw proverb nothing can be made or accomplished without adequate material or information. Main Entry: ↑brick …   English terms dictionary

• can't make omelette without breaking eggs —    This expression means that it is impossible to make important changes without causing some unpleasant effects.     Some people will lose their jobs after the merger, but you can t make an omelette without breaking eggs …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions