You may have heard this expression: You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

But the researchers point out that their results are limited to Scottish records and cannot be generalized to all women.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

She may work with cowboys, but she says that does not mean she cannot make something more feminine once in a while.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

But he said he found it difficult to perform because Porgy has a bad leg and cannot walk.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

I have gotten things from far-off places like Africa and Asia, but I cannot get the moon.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

A poster said: "You will be traveling through Indian country and the safety of your person cannot by vouchsafed by anyone but God."

VOA: special.2010.04.26

We cannot confirm those ideas. But we can tell you that people have been growing chilies for centuries, and there are many kinds.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

But now if a farmer cannot get to the slaughterhouse, the slaughterhouse may come to the farmer.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

"This labor not only takes lower wages,but accepts a standard of living so low that the American working man cannot compete with it."

VOA: special.2010.05.20

But many who have seen the parks we have described today say that such pictures cannot really capture the huge, beautiful areas of land.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it, we can start it."

VOA: special.2009.04.11

It finds nothing. The pig starts to walk away, but it cannot move its feet.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

But it also can be so severe that a person cannot live a normal life.

VOA: special.2010.03.30