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kathdrever | 15:36 Sat 20th Apr 2002 | Phrases & Sayings
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What does the phrase in a pig's ear mean?
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Not sure if you're mixing up two sayings here...i've heard of making a pig's ear as in "you're making a right pig's ear out of that" = you are doing a really bad job with what you've got. I think this comes from the old saying "You can't make a silk purse put of a sow's ear". I've also heard "in a pig's eye" as a phrase used in defiance but have no idea where that comes from. However I've never heard in a pigs ear
17:41 Mon 22nd Apr 2002
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whoops - meant silk purse out of a sows ear...typing!
17:42 Mon 22nd Apr 2002

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