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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago

What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?

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What is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months ago

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巧妇难为无米之炊 – “even the cleverest house wife cannot cook without rice”.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/巧婦難為無米之炊

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