get blood out of a stone vs take a hike

get blood out of a stone

verb

  • To do something difficult, frustrating, or pointless. 

take a hike

verb

  • To go away; to leave or depart. 

  • To go hiking. 

How often have the words get blood out of a stone and take a hike occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )