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you_can't_get_a_quart_into_a_pint_pot

you can't get a quart into a pint pot

English

Alternative forms

  • you can't fit a quart into a pint pot
  • you can't put a quart into a pint pot

Proverb

you can't get a quart into a pint pot

  1. What is being discussed is not possible.
    They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!