Sekirov Dictionary

get blood out of a stone

verb1

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To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
- "I suppose the law has some protection to offer them." "Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money. I've got about a hundred pounds." — 1919

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