Idiom
get blood out of a stone
Meaning
To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Getting him to talk is like getting blood out of a stone.”
“I tried to get a straight answer from the manager, but it was like trying to get blood out of a stone.”
“Extracting any useful information from the reluctant witness proved to be like trying to get blood out of a stone, leaving the investigators frustrated and empty-handed.”
Examples
simple
“Getting him to talk is like getting blood out of a stone.”
contextual
“I tried to get a straight answer from the manager, but it was like trying to get blood out of a stone.”
complex
“Extracting any useful information from the reluctant witness proved to be like trying to get blood out of a stone, leaving the investigators frustrated and empty-handed.”
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