@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 month agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square68fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down17
arrow-up165arrow-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 • 1 month agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarefederalreverse-oldlinkfedilink18•1 month agoI guess we use “Making gold from straw” (German).
minus-square@BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 month agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojanlinkfedilink6•1 month 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.