get blood out of a stone

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: puristaa vettä kivestä — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Finnish: yrittää muuttaa kiveä leiväksi — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• German: Blut aus einem Stein pressen — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Italian: cavare sangue da una rapa — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Korean: 하늘의 별 따기 (haneur-ui byeol ttagi) — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Polish: wyciskać wodę z kamienia — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Polish: wycisnąć wodę z kamienia — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Portuguese: tirar leite de pedra — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless
• Spanish: sacar água de las piedras — to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless