Was talking with a buddy of mine about his fatass wife. She was bitching about how she didn't have any nice clothes.
"When you put a pretty dress on a bag of garbage," I said, "it doesn't make the garbage look any better. it just makes the dress look way worse."
He stared at me with haunted eyes.
[–] AnoInc ago
The colloquial ism is, "polishing a turd." Meaning to waste ones time trying to make what is essentially shit presentable.