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Dextral
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idiomatic construction

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Hello everyone. Can you help me with this phrase:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. What does it mean?
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Dextral wrote:Hello everyone. Can you help me with this phrase:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. What does it mean?
"If something isn't very good to start with, you can't do much to improve it."
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I no longer hoped to get a reply.
Thank you very much.
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