put lipstick on a pig (English, verb)
expansion: put lipstick on a pig (third-person singular simple present puts lipstick on a pig, present participle putting lipstick on a pig, simple past and past participle put lipstick on a pig)
Senses:
glosses: To superficially alter something in the hope of making it seem more appealing than it is in actuality.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts lipstick on a pig
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting lipstick on a pig
tags: participle
present
form: put lipstick on a pig
tags: participle
past
form: put lipstick on a pig
tags: past