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squeeze blood out of a turnip

1 добиваться от козла молока

Graphic expression: squeeze blood out of a turnip ("You can't get something, such as money, from someone or a source where there is none to give no matter how hard you try")

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > добиваться от козла молока
2 Захотел молочка от бычка

This man will not help you or give it to you because he cannot; where nothing is nothing can be obtained. See Как с быком ни биться, а молока от него не добиться (K)
Cf: It is very hard to shave an egg (Br.). Look not for musk in a dog's kennel (Br.). No man can flay a stone (Am., Br.). Tis very hard to shave an egg (Am,). You cannot get blood from a turnip (Am,). You cannot get blood out of a stone (Am., Br.). You can't draw water from a dry well (squeeze water from a stone) (Am.). You seek cold water under cold ice (Am.)

Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Захотел молочка от бычка

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