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Examples:in an impossible situation—if you ride a tiger, it's hard get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway—lit. strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible—lit. climb a tree catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible—(often with negatives: impossible mention X in the same breath as Y)—draw an impossible comparison—insoluble (i.e. impossible solve)—there's nothing impossible about it—fig. recover from a seemingly impossible situation—impossible defend effectively—impossible make a living—overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—impossible resist (idiom); an irresistible force—determination in the face of impossible odds—enigmatic and impossible predict—lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible escape—impossible distinguish the genuine from the fake [idiom.]—facing impossible odds [idiom.]—an impossible turn of events [idiom.]—impossible get even an outline [idiom.]— |