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  What it means

  Literally “like blood from a nose.” Means with great difficulty, as if squeezing blood from a stone — used when something is extracted or obtained only with enormous effort and reluctance.

  Vocabulary

  • krew — blood
  • nos — nose

  Grammar note

  'Z nosa' uses the genitive of 'nos' after 'z' (from). The phrase describes the manner — as hard to get as blood from a nose.

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