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1 silk
[silk]1) (very fine, soft threads made by silkworms.) svila2) (thread, cloth etc made from this: The dress was made of silk; ( also adjective) a silk dress.) svila•- silky- silkiness
- silkworm* * *[silk]1.nounsvila; svilena nit, svilena preja; plural svilena tkanina, svileno blago, svilene obleke; svilena obleka; colloquially državni odvetnikin silks and satins — v baržunu in svili, odlično oblečento hit the silk aeronautics slang odskočiti s padalomto make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — iz kremena izbrusiti (narediti) diamant, figuratively zahtevati lastnosti od koga (česa), ki jih le-ta ne more imeti, pričakovati od koga več, kot obetajo njegove sposobnostito take silk colloquially postati državni višji odvetnik;2.adjectivesvilensilk gown British English svilena halja državnega višjega odvetnikasilk stockings — svilene nogavice;3.transitive verbpokriti s svilo, obleči (koga) v svilo; intransitive verb American cveteti (o koruzi) -
2 sow
I [səu] past tense - sowed; verb1) (to scatter over, or put in, the ground: I sowed lettuce in this part of the garden.) sejati2) (to plant seed over: This field has been sown with wheat.) posejatiII noun(a female pig.) svinja* * *I [sáu]nounzoology svinja; technical kalup za ulivanje železa; technical kos litega železaas drunk as a sow slang pijan ko mavrato get (to take) the wrong sow by the ear figuratively ne pogoditi pravo (pravega krivca), prevarati se, ušteti se, potegniti napačne sklepeyou cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear figuratively iz slabega materiala ne moreš napraviti nič dobrega, figuratively ne moreš od koga zahtevati več od tistega, za kar je sposobenII [sóu]intransitive verb & transitive verbsejati, opraviti setev; posejati (seme), zasejati; figuratively raztresti, razširiti; gosto (kaj) posuti ( with z)as you sow so you shall reap — kakor si sejal, tako boš želyou must reap what you have sown — kot si si postlal, tako boš spal; kar si skuhal, moraš tudi pojestito sow the seeds of hatred (revolt) figuratively (za)sejati seme sovraštva (upora) -
3 purse
[pə:s] 1. noun1) (a small bag for carrying money: I looked in my purse for some change.) denarnica2) ((American) a handbag.) torbica2. verb(to close (the lips) tightly: She pursed her lips in anger.) stisniti (ustnice)- purser* * *I [pə:s]nounmošnja, denarnica, ročna torbica; figuratively denar, denarna sredstva; denarna nagrada, prispeveklight purse — suha mošnja, siromaštvolong ( —ali heavy, well-lined) purse — rejena mošnja, bogastvoII [pə:s]1.transitive verb(tudi up) nagubati, nabrati (čelo), stisniti (ustnice), našobiti (usta);2.intransitive verbnagubati se, nabrati seto purse one's brow — nasršiti obrvi, nabrati čelo -
4 ear
I [iə] noun1) (the part of the head by means of which we hear, or its external part only: Her new hair-style covers her ears.) uho2) (the sense or power of hearing especially the ability to hear the difference between sounds: sharp ears; He has a good ear for music.) posluh•- earache- eardrum
- earlobe
- earmark
- earring
- earshot
- be all ears
- go in one ear and out the other
- play by ear
- up to one's ears in
- up to one's ears II [iə] noun(the part of a cereal plant which contains the seed: ears of corn.) klas* * *I [iə]1.nounklas;2.intransitive verbpognati v klasII [iə]transitive verbarchaic orati zemljoIII [iə]nounmuha na puškiIV [iə]nounuho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica; figuratively pozornostto reach the ear of s.o. — priti komu na uhoto set by the ears — povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spretito win s.o.'s ear — biti od koga uslišana word in your ears — strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
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make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear phrase to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed Thesaurus: not possiblesynonym Main entry: silk * * * make a silk ˌpurse out of a sow s ˈear f8 idiom to succeed in making sth good out of… … Useful english dictionary
you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear — 1518 A. BARCLAY Eclogues (EETS) v. 360 None can..make goodly silke of a gotes flece. 1579 S. GOSSON Ephemerides of Phialo 62v Seekinge..too make a silke purse of a Sowes eare, that when it shoulde close, will not come togeather. 1672 W. WALKER… … Proverbs new dictionary
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. — old fashioned something that you say which means you cannot make a good quality product using bad quality materials. To make chairs that ll last you need good strong pieces of wood. You can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear … New idioms dictionary
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — ► you can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear proverb you can t create a fine product from inferior materials. Main Entry: ↑sow … English terms dictionary
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — you cannot improve the quality of junk; cannot make gold from iron When Hal put a Mercedes star on his Ford, I said, You can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear … English idioms
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — If something isn t very good to start with, you can t do much to improve it … The small dictionary of idiomes
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed … English dictionary
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — If something isn t very good to start with, you can t do much to improve it … Dictionary of English idioms
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Sow's ear effect — The sow s ear effect is a term used in economics to describe when a country is unable to raise its productivity or per capita gross domestic product relative to other countries of similar development despite adjustments in macroeconomic policy,… … Wikipedia
sow — Ⅰ. sow [1] ► VERB (past sowed; past part. sown or sowed) 1) plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth. 2) plant (an area) with seed. 3) spread or introduce (something unwelcome). DERIV … English terms dictionary