What means Lipstick on pig? I hear this say barek obama and J Lenno. What means Lipstick on pig? Is only Lipstick or sometimes other stuff? Is only on pig or sometimes maybe dog?

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What means Lipstick on pig?

I hear this say barek obama and J Lenno.

What means Lipstick on pig? Is only Lipstick or sometimes other stuff?

Is only on pig or sometimes maybe dog?

2 de dic. de 2019 2:00

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It means you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.

A bad idea is still a bad idea even if you try to make it look good.

2 de diciembre de 2019

By searching "lipstick on pig" , I have just learned a new interesting indiom. Its very helpful studying English with others people rather than just trying to learn alone 😊

2 de diciembre de 2019

@Som, I like to imagine. I do it faster than googling, although I am googling also fast)

2 de diciembre de 2019

Elena, no need to imagine. Just Google lipstick on pig, there are some very interesting pictures out there.

2 de diciembre de 2019

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/put_lipstick_on_a_pig

<ol><li>(<a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: initial; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);"><em>idiomatic</em></a>) To <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/superficially" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">superficially</a> <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/alter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">alter</a> something in the hope of making it seem more <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/appealing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">appealing</a> than it is in <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/actuality" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">actuality</a></li></ol>

Thank you for bringing such an interesting idiom. I just imagined how it would like and it makes me smiled)

2 de diciembre de 2019

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