And the reader now understands how the novel comes to be cut down from a three-decker to a two-decker; and upon what argument I pretend to have produced a 'silk purse.
In saying this I disclaim all vanity; for, waiving other and more positive services to the German Walladmor, I here found my claim to the production of a "silk purse" simply on the negative merits of omission and compression.
And you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," Sim flung back at him.
Can't make a silk purseout of a sow's ear, you know.
Saith a very homely proverb (pardon its vulgarity), "You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
The servants here never would have looked upon her as a silk purse.
From her side there would not be making of a silk purse; but then "the boy" would be his boy as well as hers, and would probably take more after the father.
There is a saying as how 'you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
But a silk purse is ever and always a silk purse--empty or no, Natty Bell.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "silk purse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
