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.
See also: ear, make, of, out, purse, silk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yidel-Yiddish
Theutrich-Ancient Germanic
Guarin-Medieval French
Winnie['wini:]
Haskel-Yiddish
Rim-Arabic