Posted by Bob on January 12, 2003
In Reply to: Re: proverb posted by James Briggs on January 12, 2003
: : What does " you cannot get blood from a stone means"
: That you can't force people to do things that they are incapable of doing - you can't MAKE most people run 100 metres in 10 seconds. To try to get blood out of a stone is equally fruitless.
It's a proverb most often used to describe the futility of collecting on a debt from someone who has no funds.