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make a silk purse of a sow's ear meaning in Italian

EnglishItalian
make a silk purse of a sow's ear (to produce something refined, from something which is unrefined)
verb

cavar sangue da una rapaverb

cavare sangue da una rapaverb

you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear (it is not possible to produce something refined from something which is unrefined)
phrase

non si può cavare sangue da una rapaphrase