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

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[–] li10@feddit.uk 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You can’t polish a turd.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 points 7 months ago

I dunno, man... Look up coprolite. You can absolutely polish them.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Having looked at some of the reports I have to clean up, I can tell you that yes, in fact, you CAN polish a turd

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You CAN polish a turd but it's still shit

[–] the_kung_fu_emu@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

You can't polish a turd; you can roll it in glitter.