@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square62fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down17
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarefederalreverse-oldlinkfedilink18•10 months agoI guess we use “Making gold from straw” (German).
minus-square@BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•10 months agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojanlinkfedilink6•10 months agoRumpelstiltskin. Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
I guess we use “Making gold from straw” (German).
Isn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
Rumpelstiltskin.
Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
Yes, that’s where it’s from.