Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value.
Examples:
- No matter how expensive his clothes, he still looks sloppy — you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Origin: Already a proverb by the mid-1500s
Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value.
Examples:
Origin: Already a proverb by the mid-1500s