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You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Prov. You cannot make someone more refined than he or she is by nature. I've given up trying to get my cousin to appreciate classical music. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

See also: cannot, ear, make, of, out, purse, silk

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hebel	-	Hebrew
Baggi	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Catherin	KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin	English (Rare)
Taj	-	Arabic
Sebastian	ze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
AmÉ	-	Medieval French