get blood from a stone
US /ɡɛt blʌd frəm ə stoʊn/
UK /ɡɛt blʌd frəm ə stoʊn/
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돌에서 피를 짜내다, 불가능한 일을 시도하다
to try to obtain something that is very difficult or impossible to get, especially money or information from someone who is unwilling to give it
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Trying to make him pay back the loan is like trying to get blood from a stone.
그에게 대출금을 갚게 하려는 것은 돌에서 피를 짜내는 것과 같다.
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Getting any information from the uncooperative witness was like trying to get blood from a stone.
비협조적인 증인에게서 정보를 얻는 것은 돌에서 피를 짜내는 것과 같았다.