短语 | you can't make bricks without straw |
释义 | you can't make bricks without straw proverb nothing can be made or accomplished without proper or adequate material or information 〈谚〉巧妇难为无米之炊。 [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Exod. V.; 'without straw' meant without having straw provided' (i.e. the Israelites were required to gather the straw for themselves). A misinterpretation has led to the current sense.] |
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