pint pot

noun
🔊/ˈpaɪnt pɒt/
🔊/ˈpaɪnt pɑːt/
Idioms
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  1. a beer glass, often with a handle, that holds one pint一品脱啤酒杯(常带柄) (= 0.568 of a litre in the UK and some other countries, and 0.473 of a litre in the US)
Idioms
put a quart into a pint pot
  1. (British English) to put something into a space that is too small for it将…置于容不下之处
    • Writing a history of the world in a single volume is like putting a quart into a pint pot.单卷撰写世界历史就像将一夸脱放入一品脱锅中。