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Idioms and Phrases

Perform a task without essential materials or means, as in Writing a report without the current data is making bricks without straw . This expression alludes to straw as a material necessary in early brick manufacturing. [Early 1600s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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