You cant get blood out of a stone.
More Bajan Proverbs:
No war has been fought by men carrying a calabash of 'njohi' but of 'ucuru'.Bajan
A really good thing is ever good.
Bajan
The animal caught in the trap does not refuse to set itself free.
Bajan
The mouth is a chink.
Bajan
One favours him from whom one has in the past received a gift.
Bajan
The son does not cut his finger in cutting meat for his father.
Bajan