| You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear | |||
| The phrase about making a silk purse from a sow's ear has always meant the impossibility of producing something elegant from something base or normal. | |||
| 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. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust |
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| Silk purse stitched out of a sow's ear. | |||
| As the report notes, the old adage "you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear" had been used for years to discourage inventiveness and enterprise. | |||
| QUtilities makes silk purse out of Win CE sow's ear | |||
| Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear | |||
| You cannot make a silk purse of a sow’s car. “You cannot make a horn of a pig’s tail.” A sow’s ear may somewhat resemble a purse | |||
| Sorry, you won’t find a Silk Purse in the place (nor a sow’s ear), but there’s lots of good stuff to browse through | |||
| Turning Sow's Ear Drafts into Silk Purse Stories | |||
| PC industry shows you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear | |||
| A collection of shots straigh to your guts that will make you jump 'til you hit the celling. | La OCU pone el grito en el cielo contra las conexiones a Internet de líneas 906. | ||
| He will really hit the celling when he hears about this. | Pepe Mel pone el grito en el cielo y carga contra sus jugadores. | ||
| One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando |
| To be off the hook Google: 17.000 (5.5.03), UrbanDictionary |
Estar descolgado. Dejar algo mal colgado. |
| Nigga, why you not returning my calls? Because the phone was off the hook. not hung up, for example a phone |
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| That party was off the hook! cool; happening |
| Touch the bottom Be out of depth |
Hacer pié (en el agua) |
| Any child who cannot touch the bottom should use a buoyancy belt or inflatable swimsuit. | Estoy hundido en cieno profundo, donde no puedo hacer pie; he venido a
abismos de aguas, y la corriente me ha anegado El menemismo busca hacer pie en la ciudad de Santa Fe (argentinismo) |
| Is Amazon Out of Its Depth? The online emporium has broadened its wares from books to items like blenders and lawn furniture. |
| lanzar una mirada asesina | to gave a murderous look |
| me lanzó una mirada asesina | he gave me a murderous look, he looked daggers at me |
No me refiero a cosas como "a mal tiempo, buena cara", sino a expresiones más flexibles y abiertas:
| En lo fundamental no he cambiado, sigo siendo la misma persona. ¿Qué haces para mantenerte en forma? Su {ausencia, recuerdo} ha dejado {un gran vacío, una profunda huella} en {en mi vida, en todos nosotros} Las apariencias engañan. No te puedes fiar de las apariencias. Nunca me lo hubiera imaginado. Cada uno sabe lo que {debe, le corresponde, le toca} hacer en cada momento. Cada uno es dueño de hacer {con su vida, con su dinero} lo que {quiera, más le convenga}. Hay cosas que le {enseñan, obligan} a uno a ser más {comprensivo, generoso} con los demás. Es en {ella sobre la que, mi sobre quien} recae la {peor parte, responsabilidad}. |
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| Its radical rethinking of construction envisages a brave new world
of non-adversarial partnering Bert envisages a brave new world where translators work on the minor updates Your passport to a brave new world. Brave New World (1948) Aldous Huxley |
La radio con sus propuestas para un mundo feliz me desconcierta. Creo que todos tenemos conciencia de que éste, no es un mundo feliz. sistemas de computo "seguros" es decir, su uso para detectar (y en un mundo feliz predecir) intentos de ... |
| Merry Christmas & happy New Year | Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr | web1 | web2 | |