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What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] putoelquelolea@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

One of the versions I have heard about this analogy comes from corn silk. The corn fed to pigs is usually of the lowest quality, and if you use the silk from cheap ears of corn, you won't be able to make a useful purse out of it