you can't polish a turd
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Contents
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English
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Proverb
1.2.1
Translations
1.2.2
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Proverb
you
can't
polish
a
turd
(
vulgar
,
idiomatic
)
Something
inherently
bad cannot be improved.
Translations
something inherently bad cannot be improved
Chinese:
Mandarin:
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Finnish:
ei paska punniten parane
Italian:
non si può cavare sangue da una rapa
Russian:
из говна конфетку не сделаешь
(
iz govna konfetku ne sdelaješʹ
)
,
из говна конфетку не сделать
(
iz govna konfetku ne sdelatʹ
)
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polish a turd
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