"get blood out of a stone" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "getting blood out of a stone",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "got blood out of a stone",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "got blood out of a stone",
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        "UK",
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    },
    {
      "form": "gotten blood out of a stone",
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        "US",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "Convincing fussy eaters to try new foods is like trying to get blood out of a stone.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless."
      ],
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          "frustrating",
          "frustrating"
        ],
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          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pull teeth"
        },
        {
          "word": "get blood from a stone"
        },
        {
          "word": "get blood from a turnip"
        },
        {
          "word": "get blood out of a turnip"
        },
        {
          "word": "squeeze blood out of a turnip"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "puristaa kivestä vettä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "yrittää muuttaa kiveä leiväksi"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "cavare sangue da una rapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyciskać wodę z kamienia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wycisnąć wodę z kamienia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tirar leite de pedra"
        }
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "get blood out of a stone"
}

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    },
    {
      "form": "getting blood out of a stone",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got blood out of a stone",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got blood out of a stone",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "gotten blood out of a stone",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
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        {
          "text": "Convincing fussy eaters to try new foods is like trying to get blood out of a stone.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless."
      ],
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          "difficult"
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          "frustrating",
          "frustrating"
        ],
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          "pointless",
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        "(idiomatic) To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pull teeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "get blood from a stone"
    },
    {
      "word": "get blood from a turnip"
    },
    {
      "word": "get blood out of a turnip"
    },
    {
      "word": "squeeze blood out of a turnip"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puristaa kivestä vettä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "yrittää muuttaa kiveä leiväksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "cavare sangue da una rapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyciskać wodę z kamienia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wycisnąć wodę z kamienia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tirar leite de pedra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get blood out of a stone"
}