cannot make it | Idiomator

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecannot,‎make it.; (Singapore,colloquial,stative,idiomatic)Cannot reach satisfactory or expectedstandardsor do somethingcompetently;describes someone in ahopelesssituation.2006July 20, Zul Othman,Today, quoted inJack Tsen-Ta Lee,A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore:Mediacorp Press, page37:A noble effort but somehow the only words that came to mind were “cannot make it,lah”.2023, Dan Goodley, Kuansong Victor Zhuang, Meng Ee Wong,Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore,→ISBN:[…]“it never ended preliminarily at ‘hecannot make it’,[…]it was always ‘let's do this or that to help him’.”

Examples:

EN: You cannot make it that simple!
ES: ¡No se puede hacer así de simple!
EN: I am sorry. I cannot make it.
ES: Lo siento, no podré hacerlo.
EN: She said that she cannot make it.
ES: Que no podía venir.
EN: Sometimes you cannot make it right or wrong.
ES: A veces, es difícil corregir las cosas.
EN: If you cannot make it, never come back!
ES: Si no lo logras, no regreses nunca más.
EN: - Oh, we cannot make it tonight.
ES: - No llegaremos esta noche.
EN: You cannot make it.
ES: No lo lograrás.
EN: The final prize is one million, but I guess you cannot make it.
ES: El premio final es un millón Pero supongo que no puedes hacerlo
EN: I cannot make it right now.
ES: no puedo ir ahora mismo.
EN: Man cannot make it like this.
ES: Los hombres no pueden hacer esto.
EN: I cannot make it.
ES: No puedo hacerlo.
EN: - Look, I cannot make it rain. - What?
ES: - Pero no puedo hacer llover.
EN: Master, I cannot make it, quickly
ES: Maestro, ¿no puede hacerlo más rápido?
EN: You know, Watkyn, I simply cannot make it out.
ES: ¿Sabe? , Watkyn, simplemente no puedo entenderlo.
EN: You cannot make it !
ES: ¡No lo lograrás!

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