frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down18
arrow-up160arrow-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 年前message-square62fedilink
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前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?”
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?”