silk purse
11silk — [sılk] n [: Old English; Origin: seolc] 1.) [U] a thin smooth soft cloth made from very thin thread which is produced by a silkworm ▪ pure silk stockings ▪ a beautiful dress in raw silk 2.) BrE law a very important lawyer = ↑Queen s Counsel (QC)… …
12Purse (disambiguation) — A purse is a large or small handbag in American English, and a small money container similar to a wallet in British English.Purse may also refer to: * Samaritan s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization * Purse seine, a type …
13silk */*/ — UK [sɪlk] / US noun Word forms silk : singular silk plural silks 1) [uncountable] thin smooth cloth made from the fibres produced by an insect called a silkworm an elegant shirt made of pure Chinese silk a) [only before noun] made of silk an… …
14silk — see you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear an ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet …
15purse — see you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear …
16make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed …
17You 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 …
18turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse (to) — Make a bad business profitable …
19purse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) for carrying money ADJECTIVE ▪ leather ▪ change (AmE) VERB + PURSE ▪ open ▪ snatch …
20Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… …
