Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

Daniel is getting his old house whitewashed, but he doesn't understand that one________.

  1. can't make a sow's ear out of a silk purse

  2. can't make a silk out of a sow

  3. can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

  4. can't make a purse out of an ear
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear' means you cannot create something excellent from poor quality materials. Whitewashing an old house won't transform its fundamental condition. Option C is the correct version of this idiom.

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