get blood out of a stone
get blood out of a stone · gets blood out of a stone · got blood out of a stone · getting blood out of a stone
Blut aus einem Stein pressen
To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointlessTo do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
Blut aus einem Stein pressen
Examples
13 sentencesYou cannot get blood out of a stone.
ruЭто невозможно. — shanghainese
She's got a heart of stone.
ruУ неё каменное сердце. — marafon
It's like getting blood from a stone.
I've got a stone in my shoe.
ruМне в туфлю камушек попал. — Wezel
deIch habe einen Stein im Schuh. — ospalh
You can't get blood out of a stone.
deWo nichts ist, kann man nichts holen. — Alois
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless:
Forms
gets blood out of a stone, getting blood out of a stone, got blood out of a stone, got blood out of a stone| Base form | get blood out of a stone · to get blood out of a stone |
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| 3rd person singular | gets blood out of a stone |
| Present participle | getting blood out of a stone |
| Past simple | got blood out of a stone |
| Past participle | got blood out of a stone / gotten blood out of a stone |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | get blood out of a stone |
| he, she, it | gets blood out of a stone |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | got blood out of a stone |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have got blood out of a stone |
| he, she, it | has got blood out of a stone |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will get blood out of a stone |
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle