draw blood

Ma’s eyes are sharp enough to draw blood.

“Miss, could you call uff your cheeldren? The gurl is aboot to draw blood.”

To tell a story, writes Mr. Johnson, is to “fire it in the kiln of real life, resulting not in a fabrication, but a reality hard enough, sharp enough, to draw blood.”

Olusanya spent about 30 minutes preparing for the 3 p.m. appointment, assembling equipment to draw blood, collect a urine sample and check the patient’s vitals and glucose levels.

Not everyone is grooving with him — one employee suddenly leaps from his chair and bites his superior hard enough to draw blood.