YOU SAID:

start with an english phrase such as you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it.

INTO JAPANESE

馬を水に連れて行くことはできますが、彼にそれを飲ませることはできません。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

You can take a horse to the water, but you can't let him drink it.

INTO JAPANESE

馬を水辺に連れて行くことは出来ても、馬に水を飲ませることは出来ない。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink. [Proverb]

INTO JAPANESE

馬を水辺に連れて行くことは出来ても、馬に水を飲ませることは出来ない。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink. [Proverb]