sow Идиома

reap what you sow

(See you reap whatsoever you sow)

sow wild oats

live a wild life as a young person As a youth he lived a reckless life. He sowed a few wild oats.

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."""

you reap whatsoever you sow

you will see the long-term effects of your actions, chickens come home... Youthful passion can produce a lifetime of consequences. We reap whatsoever we sow.

sow one's wild oats

Idiom(s): sow one's wild oats

Theme: LIFESTYLE

to do wild and foolish things in one's youth. (Often assumed to have some sort of sexual meaning.)
• Dale was out sowing his wild oats last night, and he's in jail this morning.
• Mrs. Smith told Mr. Smith that he was too old to be sowing his wild oats.

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.

As you sow, so shall you reap

You have to accept the consequences of your actions.

Sow the seeds

When people sow the seeds, they start something that will have a much greater impact in the future.

Sow your wild oats

If a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships. for e.g. He'd spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but felt that it was time to settle down.

You reap what you sow

This means that if you do bad things to people, bad things will happen to you, or good things if you do good things. It is normally used when someone has done something bad.

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v. phr. To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man.

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.

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In addition to the idiom beginning with sow, also see can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

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