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1 purse
/pə:s/ * danh từ - ví tiền, hầu bao - (nghĩa bóng) tiền, vốn =to have a common purse+ có vốn chung =to have a long (heavy) purse+ giàu có, lắm tiền =to have a light purse+ nghèo, ít tiền =the public purse+ ngân quỹ nhà nước =privy purse+ quỹ đen, quỹ riêng (của nhà vua...); người giữ quỹ đen - tiền quyên làm giải thưởng, tiền đóng góp làm giải thưởng =to make up a purse+ quyên tiền làm giải thưởng =to give (put up) a purse+ cho tiền làm giải thưởng - (sinh vật học) túi, bìu, bọng - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ví tay, túi cầm tay (đàn bà) * ngoại động từ - mắm, mím (môi), nhíu, cau (mày) - (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) bỏ vào túi, bỏ vào hầu bao -
2 silk
/silk/ * danh từ - tơ, chỉ tơ - tơ nhện - lụa - (số nhiều) quần áo lụa - (thông tục) luật sư hoàng gia (Anh) =to take silk+ được phong làm luật sư hoàng gia - nước ngọc (độ óng ánh của ngọc) - (định ngữ) (bằng) tơ =silk stockings+ bít tất tơ !to hit the silk - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (quân sự), (từ lóng) nhảy dù ra khỏi máy bay !to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - ít bột vẫn gột nên hồ
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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
make a silk purse of a sow's ear — verb To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value. He always was an unmannerly cub, said Master Headley, as he read the letter. Well, Ive done my best to make a silk… … Wiktionary
make a silk purse... — See 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 — 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 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
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
make up a purse — collect donation for the needy, raise money for the poor … English contemporary dictionary
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed … English dictionary
Purse — Purse, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F. bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. ? hide, skin, leather. Cf. {Bourse}, {Bursch}, {Bursar}, {Buskin}.] 1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
