Wikipedia:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip

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A turnip cannot be coaxed, squeezed, or cajoled into producing blood. All efforts at obtaining blood from this vegetable will be futile unless of course it is a vampire turnip.
A turnip cannot be coaxed, squeezed, or cajoled into producing blood. All efforts at obtaining blood from this vegetable will be futile unless of course it is a vampire turnip.

You can't squeeze blood from a turnip. - Anonymous

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