get blood out of a stone

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get blood out of a stone

Verb gets blood out of a stone · getting blood out of a stone · got blood out of a stone · gotten blood out of a stone · get blood from a stone

  1. idiomatic To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless. Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. At last he said, with what seemed an inconsistent composure of voice and feature: ‘You can’t get blood out of a stone, Riderhood.’

    Ähnlich: get blood from a turnip, get blood out of a turnip, pull teeth, squeeze blood out of a turnip

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verb to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless

Españolsacar água de las piedras
한국어하늘의 별 따기 haneur-ui byeol ttagi
Portuguêstirar leite de pedra
DeutschBlut aus einem Stein pressen
Italianocavare sangue da una rapa

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@misc{get_blood_out_of_a_stone_2026,
  title = {get blood out of a stone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20blood%20out%20of%20a%20stone},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}