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

How do you say
you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear in Spanish (Mexico)?

el que nace para maceta, del corredor no pasa

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you snooze, you lose
¡camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente!
call a spade a spade
al pan, pan y al vino, vino
whoever laughs last, laughs longest
el que ríe al último, ríe mejor
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