Famous Proverbs
52 Proverbs about Silk / Page 5
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Go to Catania for beautiful silk jackets.42.
Whoever cultivates clay, harvests silk.43.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.44.
Ye canna make a silk purse of a sow's lug.45.
To get silk from a stone.46.
Ye canna mak a silk purse out o' a sow's lug.47.
With patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.48.
Ye canna mak a silk purse out o' a sow's lug.49.
Dignity does not consist in a silk dress.50.
Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire.