You cannot draw blood from a turnip, [114]
You cannot drink and whistle at the same time, [388] (See No one can blow)
You cannot get oil out of a wall, [43]
You cannot have peace longer than your neighbour chooses, [387] (See No man can have)
You cannot make a good archbishop of a rogue, [387]
You cannot make a good hunting-horn (or shaft) of a pig’s tail, [275], [387]
You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard, [43]
You cannot make a sieve of an ass’s tail, [135]
You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty, [43]
You cannot pull hard with a broken rope, [387]