making bricks without straw

English

Verb

making bricks without straw

  1. present participle of make bricks without straw
    • 1991, Jacob A. Frenkel & ‎Morris Goldstein, International Financial Policy: Essays in honor of Jacques J Polak, →ISBN, page 8:
      This was not quite making bricks without straw, but it certainly moved us a lot closer to it at a time when very little straw was available. Taking account of data limitations in theoretical work is one thing. Being complacent about those limitations is quite another.
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