［词语］You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

［含义］朽木雕不成美器；差料做不出好东西

［趣释］【言语喻指】谚语“母猪的耳朵做不出丝钱包”（（试读）...