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Originally Posted by Dixie  Clueless did "a google" on it and it didn't pop up, would you mind explaining? |
Try "you cant make a silk purse out of a Sow's ear" ,or "you cant polish a turd." Both of these will suffice to explain it to you.
It basically means there's no way you can make something worthwhile out of it.
“Even with all the mayonnaise in the world, you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sheit…”
I hope this has helped with your vocabulary and understanding of quaint colloquiliasims.