@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 month agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square9arrow-up134arrow-down13
arrow-up131arrow-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 • 1 month agomessage-square9
minus-square@BellaDonnalinkfedilink1•27 days 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?”
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?”