frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 个月前What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down17
arrow-up167arrow-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 · 9 个月前message-square68fedilink
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前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?”