YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR


Meaning of YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR in English

you cannot improve the quality of junk; cannot make gold from iron

When Hal put a Mercedes star on his Ford, I said, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary.      Словарь английских идиом.