make bricks without straw (English, verb)
expansion: make bricks without straw (third-person singular simple present makes bricks without straw, present participle making bricks without straw, simple past and past participle made bricks without straw)
Senses:
glosses: To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: makes bricks without straw
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making bricks without straw
tags: participle
present
form: made bricks without straw
tags: participle
past
form: made bricks without straw
tags: past
form: make bricks without straws
tags: alternative