wring water from a stone

To do something that is very hard to accomplish, especially when dealing with other people in some way. Good luck getting a group of toddlers to sit still—it's like wringing water from a stone. Don't bother trying to get an answer from him. You can't wring water from a stone.

See also: stone, water, wring

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

get blood from a stone
get blood out of a stone
wring water out of a stone
blood out of a stone
like getting blood out of/from a stone
like getting blood out of a stone
like getting blood from a stone
like getting blood from a turnip
like getting blood out of a turnip
you can't get blood out of a turnip

词组	wring water from a stone
释义	wring water from a stone wring water from a stone To do something that is very hard to accomplish, especially when dealing with other people in some way. Good luck getting a group of toddlers to sit still—it's like wringing water from a stone. Don't bother trying to get an answer from him. You can't wring water from a stone. See also: stone, water, wring Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: get blood from a stone get blood out of a stone wring water out of a stone blood out of a stone like getting blood out of/from a stone like getting blood out of a stone like getting blood from a stone like getting blood from a turnip like getting blood out of a turnip you can't get blood out of a turnip
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