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Cómo Pronunciar "you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"

expression

YOO KAN-not MAYK uh SILK PURS OWT uh SOWZ EER
YOO kuh-NOT MAYK uh SILK PURS OWT OV SOWZ EE-uh

Definición

This means you cannot create something beautiful, valuable, or high quality from poor materials or a bad situation. It suggests there are limits to what improvement or skill can achieve.

Transcripción IPA

Inglés Americano

ˈju/ /ˈkænɑt/, /kəˈnɑt/ /ˈmeɪk/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈsɪɫk/ /ˈpɝs/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /saʊz/ /ˈiɹ/, /ˈɪɹ

Inglés Británico

jˈuː/ /kəˈnɑt/ /mˈeɪk/ /æɪ/ /sˈɪlk/ /pˈɜːs/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /æɪ/ /saʊz/ /ˈiə

Pronunciación Simplificada

EE.UU.

YOO KAN-not MAYK uh SILK PURS OWT uh SOWZ EER

UK

YOO kuh-NOT MAYK uh SILK PURS OWT OV SOWZ EE-uh

Escucha en Contexto

You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear if you use cheap materials.

No matter how hard you try, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

The project failed because you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

We did our best, but you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.