frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-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 · 6 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoI guess we use “Making gold from straw” (German).
minus-squareBottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoRumpelstiltskin. Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoYes, that’s where it’s from.
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.