make a silk purse of a sow's ear

短语

化腐朽为神奇

词形变化

made a silk purse of a sow's ear makes a silk purse of a sow's ear 三单 makes a silk purse of a sow's ear making a silk purse of a sow's ear making a silk purse of a sow's ear 现在分词 made a silk purse of a sow's ear 过去式 made a silk purse of a sow's ear 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.

    化腐朽为神奇

    习语

词源

Coined by Stephen Gosson in 1579 in the book The Ephemerides of Phialo: Deuided Into Three Bookes p62v

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