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What does the proverb you cant get a quart into a pint pot mean? |
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A quart (32 ounces) is larger than a pint (16 ounces), so it won't fit.
This also may have been an insult to one's intelligence by suggesting that one's ability to accomodate new information or to learn is limited.
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