to get blood out of a stone

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• 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 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

• 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

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• 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… …