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

you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear in Spanish is aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.

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

aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda
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It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
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"you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear" in Spanish is aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.

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