make a silk purse of a sow's ear (English, verb)
expansion: make a silk purse of a sow's ear (third-person singular simple present makes a silk purse of a sow's ear, present participle making a silk purse of a sow's ear, simple past and past participle made a silk purse of a sow's ear)
Senses:
glosses: To produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: makes a silk purse of a sow's ear
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making a silk purse of a sow's ear
tags: participle
present
form: made a silk purse of a sow's ear
tags: participle
past
form: made a silk purse of a sow's ear
tags: past