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you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

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from can see to can't seeFrom the time when it is barely light enough to see until there is no light remaining whatsoever: from sunup to sundown, from dawn to duskRate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:

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one can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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let he who is without sin cast the first stoneAlternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stoneRate it:

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make bricks without strawTo accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.Rate it:

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do withoutTo manage despite the lack of something.Rate it:

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reckon withoutTo ignore that which cannot readily be ignored.Rate it:

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up shit's creek without a paddleAlternative form of up shit creek.Rate it:

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"a motivated person flies without wings, an unmotivated person, wings weigh."MotivatedRate it:

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go without sayingTo be obvious, apparent or clear, or already established.Rate it:

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no show without PunchA show or endeavor cannot proceed without it's star or main purpose.Rate it:

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make it do or do withoutIf you don't have a lot of money, extend the life of what you have.Rate it:

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"even without an audience, do your show." god is seeing.ShowRate it:

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"success is winning in silence other people who are in front of you without deserving itSuccessRate it:

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"there is no way to change the train's destination without changing the tracks."DestinationRate it:

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a goal without a plan is just a wish.Self-ExplanatoryRate it:

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animo, cogitatione aliquid fingere (or simply fingere, but without sibi), informareto form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive.Rate it:

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documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)this shows, proves...Rate it:

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go off without a hitchWithout any problems; with perfect execution; very smoothly or effortlesslyRate it:

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go withoutBe deprived of.Rate it:

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historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)history has handed down to us.Rate it:

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in deditionem venire (without alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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induere vestem (without sibi)to dress oneself.Rate it:

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let him that is without sin cast the first stoneAlternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stoneRate it:

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let him who is without sin cast the first stoneOnly those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others.Rate it:

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love affair without bells and whistlesA love sincere, true not a false love for show, flaunt, meant to draw attention, love affair based on material things to impress others and/or show offRate it:

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magnum luctum haurire (without ex-)to undergo severe trouble, trials.Rate it:

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may the Force be without youSynonym of may the Force not be with youRate it:

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memoriae traditum est, memoriae (memoria) proditum est (without nobis)tradition, history tells us.Rate it:

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ne verbum (without unum) quidem de aliquo facereto say not a syllable about a person.Rate it:

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no smoke without fireIndicative of the fact that gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo reckon without or not reckon with something or somebody, misjudge, miscalculate, ignore, not take into account.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo engage in wishful thinking.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo forget the most important person.Rate it:

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secum pugnare (without sibi); sibi repugnare (of things)to contradict oneself, be inconsistent.Rate it:

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up a creek without a paddleIn a difficult situation, without any help. Superlative form of up a creek: most up a creek.Rate it:

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Up a Creek without a PaddleIn severe trouble, in awkward position with no easy way out, in serious difficultyRate it:

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up shit creek without a paddleAlternative form of up the creek without a paddle.Rate it:

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up the creek without a paddleIn a difficult situation with no means of rectifying it.Rate it:

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who has a sporting spirit wins without competing.Sport-inspired phraseRate it:

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Without Batting an EyelashWithout showing feelings, without showing emotionsRate it:

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without failCertainly; by all means; as a matter of importance.Rate it:

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without fearI just have to go forward in my life without fear.Rate it:

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without further adoWith no further ado.Rate it:

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before you can say boo.It means that you need to do it before you can say anythingRate it:

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Bite Off More Than You Can ChewTo take on something more than of its actual capacity, a person, who tries to accomplish too much, or is greedy by nature, or overconfident or too much motivated, taking more responsibility or task that a person can manageRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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