YOU CAN'T FIT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE

Meaning of YOU CAN'T FIT A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE in English

you can't force a person into roles for which he/she is not suited

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SQUARE — I. ˈskwa(a)](ə)r, -we], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English squyre, square, from Middle French esquerre, esquarre, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUND — I. ˈrau̇nd verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian; akin to Old High German rūnēn …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEG — I. ˈpeg noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pegge, probably from Middle Dutch; probably akin to Latin baculum staff …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOLE — I. ˈhōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, hole, hollow place, hold (of a ship), from Old English hol …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUND — round 1 — roundness , n. /rownd/ , adj., rounder, roundest , n., adv., prep., v. adj. 1. having a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEG — — pegless , adj. — peglike , adj. /peg/ , n. , v. , pegged, pegging , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLE — — holeless , adj. — holey , adj. /hohl/ , n. , v. , holed, holing . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUARE — I. ˈskwer noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin * exquadra, from * exquadrare to square, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROUND — I. rau̇nd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rund, reund, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEG — I. ˈpeg noun Etymology: Middle English pegge, probably from Middle Dutch Date: 15th century 1. a. : a small usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SQUARE
Webster English vocab
ROUND
Webster English vocab
PEG — noun one of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. 2. peg ·noun a step; a degree; …
Webster English vocab
HOLE — vi to go or get into a hole. 2. hole ·adj whole. 3. hole ·noun to drive into a hole, …
Webster English vocab
FIT — noun a stroke or blow. 2. fit ·superl prepared; ready. 3. fit ·- imp. & ·p.p. of fight. 4. fit …
Webster English vocab
SQUARE — [square] n [ME, fr. MF esquarre, fr. (assumed) VL exquadra, fr. exquadrare to square, fr. L ex- + quadrare to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROUND — [round] adj [ME, fr. OF roont, fr. L rotundus--more at rotund] (14c) 1 a (1): having every part of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEG — [peg] n [ME pegge, prob. fr. MD] (15c) 1 a: a small usu. cylindrical pointed or tapered piece (as of …
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HOLE
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SQUARE — in geometry, a plane figure with four equal sides and four right (90) angles. A square is a special kind …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEG — peg, Peg, Pegg BrE AmE peɡ ▷ pegged peɡd ▷ pegging ˈpeɡ ɪŋ ▷ pegs peɡz ▶ ˌ peg ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUARE — / skweə(r); NAmE skwer/ adjective , noun , verb , adverb ■ adjective SHAPE 1. ( geometry ) having four …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — / raʊnd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , preposition , noun , verb ■ adjective ( round·er , round·est ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEG
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ noun , verb ■ noun HOLLOW SPACE 1. [ C ] a hollow space in sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUARE — I. square 1 S2 W3 /skweə $ skwer/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . SHAPE having four straight equal sides and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROUND — I. round 1 S2 W2 /raʊnd/ BrE AmE especially British English ( also around ) adverb , preposition [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEG
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOLE — I. hole 1 S1 W2 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hol ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEG — n. & v. --n. 1 a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIT — adj., v., n., & adv. --adj. (fitter, fittest) 1 a (usu. foll. by for, or to + infin.) well adapted …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEG — n. & v. n. 1 a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOLE — n. & v. n. 1 a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIT — adj., v., n., & adv. adj. (fitter, fittest) 1 a (usu. foll. by for, or to + infin.) well adapted …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUARE — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. an equilateral rectangle. 2 a an object of this shape or approximately this …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1. shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Oxford English vocab
PEG — n. & v. --n. 1. a a usu. cylindrical pin or bolt of wood or metal, often tapered at one …
Oxford English vocab
HOLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a an empty space in a solid body. b an aperture in or through something. …
Oxford English vocab
FIT
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /raʊnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIT — I. BEING RIGHT OR GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACE /fɪt/ ( fits, fitting, fitted) Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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