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you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip

you can't force a situation when there is no possibility of success

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  • Since turnips aren't alive they don't bleed. Why try to get something when it isn't possible
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How can you get someone to pay what they owe you? You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip

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