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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 get blood out of a stone.

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