[分享] There's not enough to put on a pig

[brotherashin (Mao'la-gagugisu'one)]

在今天New York Times的一則新聞裡看到的俚語，覺得很有趣分享給大家 :)

原文連結
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/business/17econ.html?hp

There's not enough lipstick to put on a pig.

在文章中的意思接近中文 [牛牽到北京還是牛]，或是無論做什麼去粉飾太平，都無法
掩飾事物原來的面貌。

以下是 urban dictionary 的解釋
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lipstick%20on%20a%20pig

Slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that
something. Usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some
lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig.

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