you can't get a quart into a pint pot
You cannot fit a large object or amount in something smaller.
pot
UK /pɒt/ US /pɒt/
noun 8verb 6
Definitions
noun
1
A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
2
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
3
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
4
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
5
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
Shit or get off the pot.
“Clinton,” Gail cried from outside, “are you going to sit on the pot all day?”
verb
1
To put (something) into a pot.
to pot a plant
2
To preserve by bottling or canning.
potted meat
3
To package a circuit by encasing it in resin.
4
To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
5
To be capable of being potted.
The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.
noun
1
Marijuana.
The way we figure it, ma'am, if everybody walked around naked, smoked pot and listened to rock'n'roll, there wouldn't be any more wars!
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