Thread: Favorite "OLD SAYINGS"
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Old 05-24-2010, 07:54 PM
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"To make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" is to take something not so pretty and make something very pretty from it. We do it all the time when we take "ugly" fabric and make a beautiful quilt.
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