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you can't squeeze blood from a turnip
you can't squeeze blood from a turnip
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You can't squeeze blood from a turnip definition
You can only get from people what they are willing or able to give.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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