tirar leite de pedra
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “to milk a stone”.
Verb[edit]
tirar leite de pedra (first-person singular present tiro leite de pedra, first-person singular preterite tirei leite de pedra, past participle tirado leite de pedra)
- (idiomatic) to get blood out of a stone, pull teeth (to do something very difficult or effortful)