A man cannot give what he has not got.
It is very hard to shave an egg (Am., Br.).
No man can flay a stone (Am., Br.).
No one can give what he hasn’t got (Am.).
Sue a beggar and get a louse (Br.).
Sue a beggar, and you’ll get a louse (Am.).
You can’t draw water from a dry well (Am.).
You can’t get (pick, take) feathers off a toad (Am.).
You can’t take the shirt off a naked man (Am.).
You go to a goat (an ass) for wool (Br.)
À l’impossible nul n’est tenu.
Только и земли имею, что под ногами.
Ни шиша нет.
Голой овцы не стригут.
Wer nichts hat, kann nichts geben;
Niemand gibt, was er nicht hat;
Den Nackten kann man nicht ausziehen.
Yoktan yonga çıkmaz.