You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
Meaning: if something isn’t good to star with, you can’t do much to improve it.
Spanish: Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona queda.
Literally: Even though the monkey dresses in silk, she stays a monkey.
Vocabulary: Sow
By Isabel Janeth Del R. López Mejía
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