blood from a stone
nounDefinitions
Something that cannot be obtained, regardless of how much force or persuasion is used.
- Borrowing money from him is like getting blood from a stone!
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for blood from a stone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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