frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down14
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 · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareHauntingScience@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 years ago“You can’t expect pears out of an elm tree” or “No le pidas peras al olmo”
minus-squareBellaDonnalinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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?”