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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
(old-fashioned) something that you say which means you cannot make a good quality product using bad quality materials To make chairs that'll last, you need good strong pieces of wood. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
ZİYa | | - | Turkish |
Angilberct | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Steffen | | SHTE-fen (Low German) | Low German, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch |
Prudencio | | proo-DHEN-thyo (Spanish), proo-DHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
Salina | | - | English |
Ljupcho | | - | Macedonian |