APAD: Turd polishing & Put lipstick on a pig

Turd polishing: The act of trying to make something hopelessly weak and unattractive appear strong and appealing. An impossible process that usually results in a larger, uglier turd.

A recent popular word in chinese is '屎上雕花‘,  yes,  it's very ugly, so let's say another word "put lipstick on a pig', that Barack Obama told a crowd at his campaign event in 2008.

His original word is "You know, you can put lipstick on a pig", then he said, "but it's still a pig.”

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• 別說不管用啊，這pig抹了口紅後果然顯得眉清目秀的，還有那eyelash -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 07:36:15

• 那要給豬一麵鏡子，讓它自己感受一下才好：）） -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 07:39:31

• A blessing shared is a blessing doubled感謝參加APAD -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 07:46:03

• thanks the APAD event, I learn a lot ! -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 07:48:27

• APAD 是有新成員加入嗎？謝謝花董，7g，和衛寧。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 09:37:12

• That is exactly why I have never used lipstick -永遠老李- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 07:52:30

• glad u didnt, gay man uses lipstick, lip balm okay4 man -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 08:02:10

• Liverpool home jersey is red :)) -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 17:47:08

• Haha. This one is hilarious. -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 09:18:11

• 謝謝天邊！have fun! :)) -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 18:27:12

• 揉揉眼睛，7g今天是休假了嗎？：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 09:34:08

• Good to take an extra day off! -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 10:05:03

• So back to work tomorrow :)) -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 18:28:20

• Haha. This one is hilarious. -天邊一片白雲- -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 09:39:31

• Welcome & Great Job! Humor makes idioms more impressive :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 10:04:26

• thanks, 7g! -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 18:28:52

• Who did Obama refer to as a pig? -唐宋韻- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 10:41:27

• 豬生也有愛美的權利：））這個APAD好！問候衛兄節日快樂！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 12:40:48

• 這個諺語是國內最近的一個流行詞的變體。參見習近平摸過的甘蔗。暖冬節日快樂。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 12:57:59

• +1 -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 18:26:03

• 上午匆匆掃了一眼，剛剛仔細看了一下。原來是和奧巴馬有關啊。2008年他競選的時候，去過我們學校。在中央校園區露台上演講。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (375 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 13:03:05

• 這句話Obama不是最原始出處，但他說過後更有名了。也許不是在這場說的，所以盈盈不記得。 -衛寧- ♂ (245 bytes) () 12/21/2023 postreply 19:00:47