Sentence examples for silk purse from inspiring English sources

You can't create a silk purse from this sow's ear.

A sow's ear turned into a silk purse.

"I'm not trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear".

Wall Street can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

They can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Toiling away, behind the scenes, trying to turn a silk purse into a sow's ear.

Others have suggested expanding the jellyfish-food industry.But is this sow's ear too big to make into a silk purse?

George Will's readiness to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse can be cited as world-class sycophancy. . . .

That would be alchemy, the silk-purse-sow's-ear thing.

Yet once you and your coddled passengers are belted in, the snark melts away: Beneath the sow's-ear styling is a silk-purse driving experience.