frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down13
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareHauntingScience@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-24 months ago“You can’t expect pears out of an elm tree” or “No le pidas peras al olmo”
minus-squareBellaDonnalinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIsn’t that more like “you can’t ask an elm tree for pears?” And even more literally “don’t ask for pears to the elm?”
“You can’t expect pears out of an elm tree” or “No le pidas peras al olmo”
Isn’t that more like “you can’t ask an elm tree for pears?”
And even more literally “don’t ask for pears to the elm?”