EN English dictionary: you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear has 2 translations in 2 languages
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translations of you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
EN ES Spanish 1 translation
- aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda (proverb) [it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined] (proverb)
EN RU Russian 1 translation
- из говна конфетку не сделаешь (proverb) [it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined] (proverb)
Words before and after you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- you can talk well
- you can talk!
- you can tell by the look on his face
- you can thank your lucky stars
- you can wait until kingdom comes
- you can't always have things your own way
- you can't get your own way all of the time
- you can't go back on it now
- you can't have it both ways
- you can't judge a book by its cover
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- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you cannot
- you cannot say A without saying B
- you can´t
- you care for sb.
- you carry
- you catch