Verb
make bricks without straw (third-person singular simple present makes bricks without straw, present participle making bricks without straw, simple past and past participle made bricks without straw)
(idiomatic) To accomplish a task without the proper materials or under unreasonable conditions; to do the impossible.
You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw. Arnold Bennett
You cannot make bricks without straw. French Proverb
You can't make bricks without straw. Spanish Proverb
You can't make bricks without straw. English Proverb