You cannot wake a silken nouse out of a hoarse oar.
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Jump to navigationJump to search- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (proverb) you cannot make a good quality product using bad quality materials
- nous: the mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
- mouse
- noose
- horse
- hoarse
- whore's
