blood from a stone

noun

Definitions

  1. 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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