Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get blood out of a stone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: get blood- out of a -s-tone
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.

Example Sentences

"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 out of a stone, Riderhood.’"
""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.""

Inflected Forms

gets blood out of a stone (present, singular) getting blood out of a stone (participle, present) got blood out of a stone (past) got blood out of a stone (UK, participle) gotten blood out of a stone (US, participle) get blood from a stone (alternative) get blood from/out of a turnip (alternative)

Synonyms

get blood from a turnip get blood out of a turnip pull teeth squeeze blood out of a turnip

Questions

What does get blood out of a stone mean?: To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless.

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