to be like getting blood out of (also from) a stone: (with reference to obtaining a thing from a person) (originally) to be impossible; (later also…
| 单词 | θ86838 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > achieve the impossible [verb (intransitive)] > attempt the impossible (2) to be like getting blood out of (or from) a turnip1662 to be like getting blood out of (also from) a stone: (with reference to obtaining a thing from a person) (originally) to be impossible; (later also… to put the toothpaste back in the tube1975 a paste used for cleaning the teeth; frequently attributive in toothpaste tube; also in figurative phrase to put the toothpaste back in the tube… |
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