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idiomput/get a quart into a pint pot BrEBrEspoken used in order to say that someone wants to get too much into the available space, or do too much in the available time:If you're planning to build three thousand new houses within the city limits, you're really trying to get a quart into a pint pot, aren't you?We realise that we may be attempting to put a quart into a pint pot, because interviewing technique is too important a topic to be covered in a single presentation.
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