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to get blood from a stone

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  • get blood from a stone — do an impossible task, beat your head against...    You ll get blood from a stone before you get money from Ed …   English idioms

  • get blood from a stone — to do something very difficult. Jesse tried to get a loan from her parents, but that s just trying to get blood from a stone …   New idioms dictionary

  • you cannot get blood from a stone — Frequently used, as a resigned admission, to mean that it is hopeless to try extorting money, etc., from those who have none. Other unyielding or unlikely substances are sometimes substituted for stone; the turnip version is frequent in North… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • blood from a stone — See get blood from a stone …   English idioms

  • get blood out of a stone — if making someone give or tell you something is like getting blood out of a stone, it is very difficult. Collecting the rent money from him each month is like getting blood out of a stone. I tried to talk to her, but I may as well have tried to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • blood — {{11}}blood (n.) O.E. blod blood, from P.Gmc. *blodam blood (Cf. O.Fris. blod, O.S. blôd, O.N. bloð, M.Du. bloet, Du. bloed, O.H.G. bluot, Ger. Blut, Goth. bloþ), from PIE *bhlo to , perhaps meaning to swell, gush, sp …   Etymology dictionary

  • blood — /blʌd / (say blud) noun 1. the fluid that circulates in the arteries and veins or principal vascular system of animals, in humans being of a red colour and consisting of a pale yellow plasma containing semisolid corpuscles. 2. body fluids… …  

  • blood — see you cannot get blood from a stone blood is thicker than water the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church blood will have blood blood will tell …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • get — see you cannot get blood from a stone be careful what you pray for, you might get it if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas don’t get mad, get even …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • stone — see you cannot get blood from a stone you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones constant dropping wears away a stone drive gently over the stones those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • blood out of a stone —    is complimenting or praising you for doing    If something is like getting blood out of a stone, it is very difficult indeed.     You can t get blood out of a stone means that it is impossible to get something from someone if they don t have… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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