you can't get blood from a turnip
you can't get blood from a turnip
proverb It is impossible to obtain something from someone if they are too parsimonious, uncharitable, or resolved against it. I've tried everything to get my toddler to eat vegetables, but you can't get blood from a turnip. I give up. Good luck trying to get Dad to give you the money. You can't get blood from a turnip. If you think I'll give you the information you're looking for, you're sorely mistaken! You can't get blood from a turnip!
See also: blood, get, turnip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- You cannot get blood from a stone
- you can't get blood from a stone
- you can't squeeze blood from a stone
- you can't squeeze blood from a turnip
- teach a man to fish
- village
- it takes a village
- better bend than break
- desperate times call for desperate measures
- desperate times require desperate measures