Flower Friday…

My saying today is ‘you can’t squeeze a quart into a pint pot’.
The phrase "squeezing a quart into a pint pot" is a proverbial saying meaning you cannot fit a large amount into a small container or achieve something impossible. The proverb is literal, as a quart (a larger unit of liquid volume) cannot be physically contained within a pint pot (a smaller container), and figurative, to describe any situation where too much is being attempted for the available space or resources. 
Origin and Meaning



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Figurative: The idiom is used to describe situations where the scope or quantity of something is too large for the container or space it needs to occupy. For example, when a writer has too much material to fit into a limited number of pages for an article, they might describe the situation as "fitting a quart into a pint pot". 

The earliest known use of the noun pint pot is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
OED's earliest evidence for pint pot is from 1383, in Inquisition Miscellany.

Late 19th Century: The phrase became a well-known proverbial saying in the late 19th century. 




Usage: It is used informally to illustrate the futility of trying to force a large quantity into a small space, or to describe an impossible or unattainable task.