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Aus einem Ackergaul kann man kein Rennpferd machen. [Sprw.] You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. [prov.]

Man kann aus einem Esel kein Rennpferd machen. [übtr.] A donkey can not be made a running horse.; You can put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig. [fig.]

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