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You can’t paint the Mona Lisa with crayons.

Kind of related to yours, “You’re putting lipstick on a pig”

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Can’t demand with a laddle if you are offered a spoonful

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“Even if you give an ape a ring, it’ll remain an ugly thing.” -Netherlands.

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A golden ring specifically

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In Australia there’s “you can’t polish a turd”

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But you can roll it in glitter

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We use this one also

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In Danish we have “you can’t cut the hair off a bald guy”

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