[できる, dekiru](v1, vi) (1) (uk) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; (2) to be ready; to be completed; (3) to be made; to be built; (4) to be good at; to be permitted (to do); (5) to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); (6) to grow; to be raised; (P)#2154[Add to Longdo]
[みみにたこができる, miminitakogadekiru](exp, v1) to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears[Add to Longdo]
[うまをみずべにみちびくことはできるがうまにみずをのませることはできない, umawomizubenimichibikukotohadekirugaumanimizuwonomaserukotohadekinai](exp) (id) You may take a horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink[Add to Longdo]