make bricks without straw: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    General Englishformalliteraryidiomatic
    • To be required to accomplish a task without the necessary materials or resources.
    • To be forced to work under impractical or impossible conditions; to attempt the impossible due to lack of required means.

    Examples

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    • The workers had to make bricks without straw, struggling to meet the impossible quota.

      Los trabajadores tuvieron que hacer ladrillos sin paja, luchando por cumplir una cuota imposible.

    • During the drought, the farmers felt like they were trying to make bricks without straw.

      Durante la sequía, los agricultores sentían que intentaban hacer ladrillos sin paja.

    • It’s like making bricks without straw when you try to build a business without any funding.

      Es como hacer ladrillos sin paja cuando intentas construir un negocio sin ningún financiamiento.

Examples:

  • EN: Ain't been five minutes ago since I gave orders to chop off their hands... if they can't make bricks without straw.
    ES: No hace cinco minutos que ordené que les cortaran las manos... si no pueden hacer ladrillos sin paja.
  • EN: Like the time we got King Pharaoh of Egypt to force the children of Israel to make bricks without straw.
    ES: Como cuando hicimos que el Faraón de Egipto obligara a los niños de Israel a hacer ladrillos sin paja.
  • EN: Bear it before your idle people and bid them make bricks without straw.
    ES: Sujétala ante tu gente ociosa, y pídeles que hagan ladrillos sin paja.
    ID: Perintahkan bangsamu untuk membuat bata tanpa jerami.
  • EN: How can people make bricks without straw?
    ES: ¿Cómo pueden hacerse hacerse sin paja?
    ID: Bagaimana buat bata tanpa jerami?
  • EN: How can we make bricks without straw?
    ES: ¿Cómo podremos hacer ladrillos sin paja?
    ID: Bagaimana membuat bata tanpa jerami?
  • EN: You told Moses to make bricks without straw.
    ES: Dijiste a Moisés que hiciera ladrillos sin paja.
    ID: Kau suruh Musa buat bata tanpa jerami.
  • EN: You can't make bricks without straw. Let's go.
    ES: No se pueden hacer ladrillos sin paja Vamos
  • EN: Have you experienced this kind of despair - having to make bricks without straw?
    HI: क्या आपने कभी अपने हाथों को चिकना किए बिना यह सब हासिल करने. . .
  • EN: They were asked to make bricks without straw!
    HI: बिना किसी साज के पाँव थिरक रहे थे !
  • EN: forced to make bricks without straw in Egypt.
    TE: ఇది బట్టలు శిరోభూషణముఈజిప్టు విలీనం లేని కాంట్రాస్ట్లపై ప్లే అవసరం.
  • EN: However, one can't make bricks without straw.
    ID: Tapi kami tidak punya cukup uang.
  • EN: We can't make bricks without straw.
    ID: Tanpa kondisi yang diperlukan, sulit untuk mencapai apa pun.
  • EN: But you can't make bricks without straw.
    ID: Tapi kalau tidak ada latar belakang, maka tidak bisa melakukan apapun.
  • EN: 1411291 You can't make bricks without straw.
    TE: < start="1167.32" dur="4.99"> మీరు ఏమీ చేయకుండా బలమైన కండరాలను అభివృద్ధి చేయరు.
  • EN: Pharaoh will compel the people to make bricks without straw because he desires to keep them in slavery.
    TE: పురుషుడు ఫేరోమోన్స్ సరసమైన సెక్స్ పురుషుల మధ్య ఆకర్షించగల. పక్కకు. కానీ కారణంగా ప్రజల దైనందిన పరిశుభ్రత వారి సొంత attractants కోల్పోతారు.
  • EN: Ain't been five minutes ago since I gave orders to chop off their hands... if they can't make bricks without straw.
    ES: No hace cinco minutos que ordené que les cortaran las manos... si no pueden hacer ladrillos sin paja.
  • EN: Like the time we got King Pharaoh of Egypt to force the children of Israel to make bricks without straw.
    ES: Como cuando hicimos que el Faraón de Egipto obligara a los niños de Israel a hacer ladrillos sin paja.

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