like getting blood from a turnip

Impossible or extremely difficult to accomplish. Good luck getting a group of toddlers to sit still—it's like getting blood from a turnip. A: "Why don't you ask your dad for the money?" B: "Because getting my dad to lend money is like getting blood from a turnip."

See also: blood, get, like, turnip

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like getting blood out of a turnip
like getting blood out of/from a stone
like getting blood from a stone
like getting blood out of a stone
How are you getting on?
be getting on
do (one) a power of good
do a power of good
do a power of good, to
do someone or something a power of good

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