silk Идиома

make a silk purse...

(See you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear)

silkhead

bald person, chromedome If you were a silkhead, would you wear a toupee?

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

"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."""

make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Idiom(s): make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

Theme: VALUE

to create something of value out of something of no value. (Often in the negative.)
• Don't bother trying to fix up this old bicycle. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
• My mother made a lovely jacket out of an old coat. She succeeded in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

A monkey in silk is a monkey no less.

No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.

can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Be unable to turn something ugly or inferior into something attractive or of value, as in No matter how expensive his clothes, he still looks sloppy—you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. This expression was already a proverb in the mid-1500s.

make a silk purse

make a silk purse
see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

silk

silk
see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear; smooth as silk.

smooth as silk

smooth as silk
Lacking impediments or obstacles, unhindered, as in The negotiations went smooth as silk. This simile alludes to the slippery quality of silk. [c. 1900] Also see smooth sailing.