You cannot cook two meals in the same pot.
You cannot pick up salt with dry fingers.
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.
Without money one cannot go anywhere, not even to church.
You cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
I have a cow in the sky, but cannot drink her milk.
You cannot build a house for last year's summer.
If the bathroom and a brandy cannot help a man, then death is imminent.
You cannot satisfy the whole world and your father.
It's a poor sheep that cannot carry its own wool.
He who has no hand cannot clench his fist.
He who goes not into battle cannot wear a crown.
You cannot tie up a dog with a chain of sausages.
A day-old pigeon cannot fly over a mountain pass.
You cannot fly with wings made of butter.
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.
You cannot ask more of an ox than a steak.
A hundred years cannot repair a moment's loss of honor.
By bravely enduring it, an evil which cannot be avoided is overcome
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
