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Old 2010-07-03, 20:32   Link #12514
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Originally Posted by Leafsnail View Post
I've heard "blood from a stone" as more a sortof exasperated sigh of futility. So if people can't follow simple instructions or the like.

I suppose "drop in the ocean" is a similar concept...
Now that is a commonly-used English idiom, but "a drop in the ocean" means that something is inconsequential compared to the larger situation.

Like when your car catches fire after running out of gas in the middle of Death Valley. At that point, it's really not a big deal anymore.
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