get blood out of a stone (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: gets blood out of a stone
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: getting blood out of a stone
tags: participle
present
form: got blood out of a stone
tags: past
form: got blood out of a stone
tags: UK
participle
past
form: gotten blood out of a stone
tags: US
participle
past
form: get blood from a stone
tags: alternative