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make a silk purse of a sow's ear verb

  • (idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
 tehdä jotain hyödyllistä
you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
ei paska punniten parane, roskasta ei saa kultaa
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