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"You can not squeeze blood out of a turnip"

Polish translation: z pustego i Salomon nie naleje

18:47 Jul 12, 2012
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: "You can not squeeze blood out of a turnip"
Amerykański idiom.

"You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip" definition:

"You can only get from people what they are willing or able to give."

"When people say that you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, it means that you cannot get something from a person, especially money, that they don't have."

Ciekawa jestem jakie polskie powiedzenie byłoby odpowiednikiem tego idiomu.

Dziękuję bardzo za pomoc!
Dorota Madrzyk
United States
Local time: 10:49
Polish translation:z pustego i Salomon nie naleje
Explanation:
Może znaczenie "z pustego i Salomon nie naleje" jest nieco szersze, ale wydaje mi się, że to najbardziej trafny odpowiednik.
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Anna Zajda
Local time: 16:49
Grading comment
Dziękuję.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5z pustego i Salomon nie naleje
Anna Zajda
4z proznego nie nalejesz
Joanna Carroll
4Oleju z kamienia nie wyciśniesz
Iwona Szymaniak
3Z pustego kłosa pszenicy nie wymłócisz!
Michał Krzysztof Dzieńdziura


Discussion entries: 3





  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
\"you can not squeeze blood out of a turnip\"
z pustego i Salomon nie naleje


Explanation:
Może znaczenie "z pustego i Salomon nie naleje" jest nieco szersze, ale wydaje mi się, że to najbardziej trafny odpowiednik.

Anna Zajda
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Dziękuję.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Też mi się podoba ta wersja.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joanna Carroll: to nam sie zbieglo!
3 mins
  -> Great minds think alike (skoro już jesteśmy przy przysłowiach) :)
agree  LilianNekipelov: I agree.
48 mins
agree  MirWit
3 hrs
agree  Polangmar
3 hrs
agree  TranslateWithMe: :-)
11 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"you can not squeeze blood out of a turnip"
z proznego nie nalejesz


Explanation:
a moja mama czesto na moje prosby odpowiadala: No przeciez ci nie urodze!

Joanna Carroll
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 44
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
\"you can not squeeze blood out of a turnip\"
Z pustego kłosa pszenicy nie wymłócisz!


Explanation:
propozycja

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Note added at   29 min (2012-07-12 19:16:59 GMT)
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(ale propozycje powyżej też mi się podobają)

Michał Krzysztof Dzieńdziura
Czech Republic
Local time: 17:49
Native speaker of: Polish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"you can not squeeze blood out of a turnip"
Oleju z kamienia nie wyciśniesz


Explanation:
Inna wersja
Wody ze skały nie wyciśniesz

Iwona Szymaniak
Poland
Local time: 17:49
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 12
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