polish a turd

slang To make something unpleasant seem more appealing than it really is—which is often a futile effort. "Turd" is a slang term for a piece of feces. Look, man, your term paper was bad before, and all of your edits are just making it worse—polishing a turd won't make it better.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rachel	RAY-chəl (English), ra-SHEL (French), RAH-khəl (Dutch)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Mensur	-	Bosnian
Nike	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
AttİLa	-	Turkish
Makbule	-	Turkish
Bonifacio	bo-nee-FAH-cho (Italian), bo-nee-FAH-thyo (Spanish), bo-nee-FAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese