you can't get blood out of a turnip

It's pointless trying to achieve something that is already impossible. Good luck getting a group of toddlers to sit still—you can't get blood out of a turnip, you know. A: "Why don't you ask your dad for the money?" B: "Because you can't get blood out of a turnip."

See also: blood, get, of, out, turnip

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like getting blood from a stone
like getting blood out of a stone
like getting blood out of/from a stone
blood out of a stone
like getting blood from a turnip
like getting blood out of a turnip
wring water from a stone
wring water out of a stone
get blood from a stone
get blood out of a stone

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