English Explanatory Dictionary

you can't polish a turd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb

Something inherently unfavourable or unpleasant cannot be improved.

Pronunciation

En-au-you can't polish a turd.ogg

Word forms

you can't polish a turd

Synonyms

you can't polish shit

Related words

polish a turd put lipstick on a pig

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