@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square62fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down17
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarefederalreverse-oldlinkfedilink17•8 months agoI guess we use “Making gold from straw” (German).
minus-square@BottleOfAlkahestlink4•8 months agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojanlink6•8 months 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.