1. The cleverest housewife can't cook a meal without rice.
2. Nobody can accomplish anything without the necessary means.
3. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
4. One can't make bricks without straw;
5. You cannot make an omelette without breaking egg
6. You can't make something out of nothing.
7. What is a workman without his tools?
8. One cannot get Blood from a stone
9. One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
10. If you have no hand you can't make a fist.