get blood from a stone
get blood from a stone is the alternative form of get blood out of a stone.
Meaning of get blood out of a stone
Verb
get blood out of a stone (third-person singular simple present gets blood out of a stone, present participle getting blood out of a stone, simple past got blood out of a stone, past participle (UK) got blood out of a stone or (US) gotten blood out of a stone)
- To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
- Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. At last he said, with what seemed an inconsistent composure of voice and feature: ‘You can’t get blood out of a stone, Riderhood.’1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC
Forms of get blood from a stone
| third-person singular present | gets blood from a stone |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting blood from a stone |
| past | got blood from a stone |
| past participle UK | got blood from a stone |
| past participle US | gotten blood from a stone |
Questions about get blood from a stone
- What is get blood from a stone the alternative form of?
- Get blood from a stone is the alternative form of get blood out of a stone.
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