"on ne saurait faire d’une buse un épervier" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Français]

IPA: \ɔ̃ nə so.ʁɛ fɛʁ dyn by.z‿œ̃.n‿e.pɛʁ.vje\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-on ne saurait faire d’une buse un épervier.wav
  1. D’un esprit lourd, on ne peut faire un esprit vif. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-on_ne_saurait_faire_d’une_buse_un_épervier-fr-phrase-btHntaDr Categories (other): Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Anglais), teškom umu oštroumnost ne izvire (Croate), از کوزه همان برون تراود که در اوست (Persan), از هر کس باید به نسبت موقعیت و کار او انتظار داشت (Persan)
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    "Composé de savoir, faire, buse et épervier. Cette expression vient du fait qu'autrefois, les fauconniers ne parvenaient pas à dresser ce rapace et en avaient conclu qu’il était stupide. On trouve aussi la tournure \"d'une buse on ne saurait faire un épervier\""
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