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make a silk purse of a sow's ear

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  1. 1. make a silk purse of a sow's ear (idiomatic) To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value. Source: ecdict

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somethingadmirableearidiomaticlittleproducepurserefinedsilkunpleasantunrefinedvaluablevalue

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