put a quart into a pint ˈpot(BrE)to put sth into a space that is too small for it将…置于容不下之处put a quart into a pint pot用小者去容纳大者;做不可能做到的事：A child wants to think out a way so that fish can live without water，he is thinking to put a quart into a pint pot.一个孩子想想出一个方法使鱼在没有水时也能生存，他是想做不可能做到的事。 |