“Like getting blood out of a turnip” nghĩa là gì?

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“Like getting blood out of a turnip” = như lấy máu từ củ cải -> cụm từ này nghĩa là không thể hoặc vô cùng khó để thực hiện việc gì.

Ví dụ
There is not another government building in America that is surrounded by more mystic legend (truyền thuyết bí ẩn) and myth (thần thoại) than the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Getting much information about it is like getting blood out of a turnip.

“As innocent as this project looks today, that’s exactly as Ronaldson looked 30 years ago, and now it’s a monstrosity (sự quái dị)," said Banks. Banks argued adding another industrial business would be like “getting blood out of a turnip.” Councilwoman Erika Green backed Banks up, arguing the process by which tires would be collected and brought to the shredder (thiết bị cắt vụn) reminded her of clothing donation bins around the city that are often overrun with clothing and lead to further illegal dumping.

California’s rising traffic fines were the subject of debate amid the economic recession (sự suy thoái nền kinh tế) as legislators raised total penalties by expanding or adding on new assessments. Four years ago, with the state strapped for cash, then-Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg described the growing traffic penalties as “one of the patches that we’ve relied upon to avoid deeper cuts” to state programs. “It’s not the way to sustain important public investments,” Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said at the time. “At some point, it’s like getting blood out of a turnip. You can only squeeze so hard.”

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