You can't make a silk purse out of one |
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Proverbially you can't make a silk purse from one of these (3'1,3) |
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"You can't make a silk purse out of a ____" |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
15 Sep 2024 |
Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2024 |
You can't make a silk purse from it |
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What you can't make a silk purse out of, proverbially |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2023 |
You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
Universal |
28 Jul 2019 |
Unlikely source of a silk purse |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2019 |
Unlikely source of a silk purse |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2019 |
You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
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Unlikely source of a silk purse |
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Unlikely source of a silk purse |
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Low-quality material, idiomatically |
The Washington Post |
10 Jun 2018 |
Low-quality material, idiomatically |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2018 |
Low-quality material, idiomatically |
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Low-quality material, in a saying |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2016 |
Low-quality material, in a saying |
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Inferior raw material |
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You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
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No silk purse source, this |
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Hardly silk purse material, in an idiom |
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Hardly silk purse material, in an idiom |
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Bad material for a purse? |
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It's not a silk purse source, it's said |
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No silk purse source, this |
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Item unfit for a silk purse |
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Poor material for a purse. |
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A rather poor silk purse. |
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Stuff not useful for purse making. |
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