@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square68arrow-up174
arrow-up174message-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 • 1 year agomessage-square68
minus-square@BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•1 year agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojanlinkfedilink6•1 year agoRumpelstiltskin. Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
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.