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wlad13 [49]
3 years ago
6

What does you can't make a silk dress out of a sow's ear mean?

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1 answer:
PIT_PIT [208]3 years ago
7 0
Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value, as in No matter how expensive his clothes, he still looks sloppy—you can't make a silk <span>purse </span>out of a sow's ear<span>. This expression was already a proverb in the mid-1500s.</span>
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