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俚语 can't polish a turd
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Can't polish a turd

Despite your best efforts, there are some things you just can't fix/improve.

To point out futile attempts to conceal/change the baisc nature of something.
1) Joe: Danny's back in town. He lost a bunch of weight, got a nose job, got hair plugs and now wears really flashy clothes but he's still one ugly motherfucker.

Jim: Well, you can't polish a turd.

2) The comb-over hairstyle

Can't polish a turd

No matter how nice someone acts or good someone dresses, it doesn't change the fact that the person is at that time seen as an asshole.
Scene from Californication: protagonist suits up for a trial when daughter walks in.
Protagonist: 'How do I look?'
Daughter: 'You know what they say...can't polish a turd.'

You can't polish a turd

You can't make something that's not naturally good great even with the hardest attempts.
"After years, he's just never going to change his selfish ways." "Well, you can't polish a turd!!"

you can't polish a turd

trying to "fix up" a junky car.it cannot be done, give it up!
nathan, sell that cavi!you can't polish a turd!

you can't polish a turd

to try to "fix up" an ugly car, or to try to turn a compact rice burner into a race car.
i told that guy trying to pimp a cavi, "you can't polish a turd"

you can't polish a turd

unconvincingly attempt to make an irreconcilably bad situation look good.
They're trying to portray the poor financial reports as positive, but you can't polish a turd.

you can't polish a turd

An attempt to conceal and/or strive to improve misfortunate genes.

We all know at the end of the day, you can't polish a turd.

Enough said...
you can't polish a turd
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