get blood from a stone



get blood from a stone

also get blood out of 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.
See also: blood, get, stone

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nitza-Hebrew
LidiyaLEE-dee-yah (Russian)Russian, Bulgarian
Giorginojor-JEE-noItalian
Laurie['lɔ:ri]
Siors-Welsh
Shireen-Persian