phrase thesaurus

A list of phrases containing the word "cannot"...


  • A house divided against itself cannot stand ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • A leopard cannot change its spots ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches ( George Bernard Shaw quotation )
  • Human kind cannot bear very much reality ( from a poem by Eliot )
  • I cannot be doing with it ( I am unwilling to tolerate it )
  • I cannot tell a lie
  • Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach ( Heineken lager advertising slogan )
  • The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read ( Mark Twain quotation )
  • Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold ( from a poem by Yeats )
  • You cannot be serious ( A catchphrase from John McEnroe )
  • You cannot serve God and Mammon
  • You cannot step into the same river twice ( philosophical comment by Heraclitus )

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