Meanings (ES + gloss)
sacar água de las piedras
To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.
"I suppose the law has some protection to offer them." "Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money. I've got about a hundred pounds."
Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. At last he said, with what seemed an inconsistent composure of voice and feature: ‘You can’t get blood…
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