frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down17
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIsn’t that more like “you can’t ask an elm tree for pears?” And even more literally “don’t ask for pears to the elm?”
Isn’t that more like “you can’t ask an elm tree for pears?”
And even more literally “don’t ask for pears to the elm?”