Proverb of the Day
Is deacair an giorria a chur as an dtor ná fuil sé.
It's hard to put a hare out of a bush where it isn't.
Explanation:
English "You can't get blood from a turnip", Latin "Nemo dat quod non habet" (Noone gives what he doesn't have).
You can't reasonably expect to get something from someone who doesn't have it, or who can't give it.
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