nail polish on a hangnail

Ugly or useless despite an attractive appearance. This phrase, which is most often heard in “You can put nail polish on a hangnail, but it's still a hangnail,” can be used in all sorts of situations . . . and for all sorts of people.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
FahrİYe	-	Turkish
Nikolay	nee-kah-LIE (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Keto	-	Georgian
Kweku	-	Western African, Akan
Lule	-	Albanian
Stefan	SHTE-fahn (German), STAY-fahn (Dutch), STE-fahn (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian