frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down17
arrow-up167arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareföderal umdrehen@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoYou’re right, I forgot about the fact that there’s a literal translation. But besides being gender-neutral, both sayings mean the same, no? My main point was that many Germans now regularly use the pear-tree malapropism, however.
You’re right, I forgot about the fact that there’s a literal translation. But besides being gender-neutral, both sayings mean the same, no?
My main point was that many Germans now regularly use the pear-tree malapropism, however.