現(xiàn)在,制磚當(dāng)然不再用稻草,不過,make bricks without straw留傳了下來,成為一個常用成語,意思是:to do a job without the necessary materials(作無米之炊)。
例如:
If I don’t have the data, how can I carry out the analysis? I can’t make bricks without straw.
沒有數(shù)據(jù),我怎么分析呢?我無法造無米之炊。
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