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make bricks without strawTo accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.Rate it:

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you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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make it do or do withoutIf you don't have a lot of money, extend the life of what you have.Rate it:

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like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.Rate it:

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hit him like a ton of bricksvery hard or severelyRate it:

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hit the road!, hit the bricks!hit the road!, hit the bricks!Rate it:

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hit the bricksTo travel about, especially on foot.Rate it:

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bricks and mortarUsed other than as an idiom: see bricks, and, mortar.Rate it:

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bricks and mortarAlternative form of brick and mortar.Rate it:

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hit the bricksTo leave or depart; to get out.Rate it:

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hit the bricksTo participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing.Rate it:

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hit the bricksMove on to street, highway, road; begin to travel, leave one venue, move on.Rate it:

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a drowning man will clutch at a strawWhen hope is slipping, desperation grasps at the slightest chanceRate it:

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last strawA small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.Rate it:

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Straw that Broke Camel's BackOne last mistake leading to previous calamity or trouble, not able to bear more than one’s capacity,Rate it:

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straw that stirs the drinkThe person who stimulates or inspires a group; the major factor affecting a trend or set of developments.Rate it:

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buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price is low, sell when demand and price is high.Rate it:

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bang strawA nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer.Rate it:

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draw the short strawTo select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws.Rate it:

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straw boatertype of hatRate it:

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straw pollA survey of opinion which is unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backA small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backMy patience has finally run out.Rate it:

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let he who is without sin cast the first stoneAlternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stoneRate it:

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do withoutTo manage despite the lack of something.Rate it:

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reckon withoutTo ignore that which cannot readily be ignored.Rate it:

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up shit's creek without a paddleAlternative form of up shit creek.Rate it:

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"a motivated person flies without wings, an unmotivated person, wings weigh."MotivatedRate it:

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go without sayingTo be obvious, apparent or clear, or already established.Rate it:

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no show without PunchA show or endeavor cannot proceed without it's star or main purpose.Rate it:

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"there is no way to change the train's destination without changing the tracks."DestinationRate it:

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"even without an audience, do your show." god is seeing.ShowRate it:

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"success is winning in silence other people who are in front of you without deserving itSuccessRate it:

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a goal without a plan is just a wish.Self-ExplanatoryRate it:

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animo, cogitatione aliquid fingere (or simply fingere, but without sibi), informareto form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

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documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)this shows, proves...Rate it:

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go off without a hitchWithout any problems; with perfect execution; very smoothly or effortlesslyRate it:

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go withoutBe deprived of.Rate it:

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historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)history has handed down to us.Rate it:

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in deditionem venire (without alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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induere vestem (without sibi)to dress oneself.Rate it:

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let him that is without sin cast the first stoneAlternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stoneRate it:

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let him who is without sin cast the first stoneOnly those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others.Rate it:

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love affair without bells and whistlesA love sincere, true not a false love for show, flaunt, meant to draw attention, love affair based on material things to impress others and/or show offRate it:

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magnum luctum haurire (without ex-)to undergo severe trouble, trials.Rate it:

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may the Force be without youSynonym of may the Force not be with youRate it:

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memoriae traditum est, memoriae (memoria) proditum est (without nobis)tradition, history tells us.Rate it:

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ne verbum (without unum) quidem de aliquo facereto say not a syllable about a person.Rate it:

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no smoke without fireIndicative of the fact that gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact.Rate it:

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