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You can't polish a turd Meaning in English

expression

YOO KANT PAH-lish uh TURD
YOO KAHNT POL-lish uh TERD

التعريف

This expression means you can't make something bad or worthless look truly good, no matter how much you try to improve its appearance.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

This is a vulgar, informal idiom. Used to say efforts to improve something fundamentally bad are pointless. Often appears as a blunt criticism of a failed project or hopeless idea. Avoid in formal situations.

Spanish: no se puede pulir una mierda - no se puede convertir algo malo en buenoPortuguese (BR): não se pode polir um cocô - não dá para transformar algo ruim em bomPortuguese (PT): não se pode polir um cocó - não dá para transformar algo mau em bomChinese (Simplified): 再怎么修饰也掩盖不了本质 - 无法把坏东西变好Chinese (Traditional): 再怎麼修飾也掩蓋不了本質 - 無法把壞東西變好Hindi: घटिया चीज़ को अच्छा नहीं बना सकतेArabic: لا يمكنك تلميع الغائط - لا يمكنك تحسين السيئ مهما حاولتBengali: খারাপ কিছু ভালো করা যায় নাRussian: дерьмо не отполируешь - из плохого не сделать хорошееJapanese: クソは磨いても光らない - ダメなものはダメVietnamese: không thể đánh bóng phân - không thể làm cho cái xấu thành tốtKorean: 똥을 닦아도 빛나지 않는다 - 나쁜 것은 나쁘다Turkish: bok parlatmakla değerli olmaz - kötü şeyi iyi gösteremezsinUrdu: گندگی کو جتنا بھی صاف کرو، اچھا نہیں ہو سکتاIndonesian: kamu tidak bisa memoles kotoran - tidak bisa memperbaiki sesuatu yang sudah buruk

جمل نموذجية

No matter how much you try, you can't polish a turd.

basic

He thinks adding decorations will help, but you can't polish a turd.

basic

Some projects are just doomed—you can't polish a turd.

basic

Honestly, the product design is terrible—you can't polish a turd.

natural

We spent hours editing the report, but you can't polish a turd—the data was just bad.

natural

They tried to relaunch the app, but as they say, you can't polish a turd.

natural