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Min Minh
2020-12-22 12:12
Make a pig's ear (out) of something British informal verb phrase
'Make a pig's ear of' implies to what might be the result if someone did try to make something from a sow's ear - a complete mess.
to completely botch something up; make a complete mess of it
" Don't let Tom join this project. He will make a pig's ear of this".
The ancient priceless painting was made a pig's ear by a fire tonight.
The residents who has not been aware of the seriousness of the pandemic can really make a pig's ear out of it
Jane made a pig's ear of the house my friends and I had spend hours to decorate, so I need you to come in at the weekend and put things in order.
To get out of a difficult situation.
The verb "Make" must be correctly conjugated.
The expression is originated from the old proverb 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear'. It dates from the 16th century. The English clergyman Stephen Gosson published the lovestory Ephemerides in 1579 and in it referred to people who were engaged in a hopeless task:
"Seekinge too make a silke purse of a Sowes eare."
Do you see anything wrong?
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.
