old-fashioned

something that you say which means you cannot make a good quality product using bad quality materials.

To make chairs that'll last you need good strong pieces of wood. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

• have seen more something than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen more than has had hot dinners
• have seen more than someone has had hot dinners
• have seen the last of
• have seen the last of someone
• have seen the last of something
• have several strings to bow
• have several strings to your bow
• have share of
• have share of something
• have shit for brains
• have sights set on
• have sights set on doing something
• have sights set on something
• have someone by the balls
• have someone by the short and curlies
• have someone dead to rights
• have someone down on like a ton of bricks
• have someone down on you like a ton of bricks
• have someone in corner
• have someone in sights
• have someone in stitches
• have someone in the palm of hand
• have someone in the palm of your hand
• have someone in your corner