put lipstick on a pig
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put lipstick on a pig — idiom
1. Trying to make something look better by changing only its surface, while its rea
1.idiom
Definition
Trying to make something look better by changing only its surface, while its real problems remain.
Example
Renaming the failing product is just putting lipstick on a pig.
Maya said the new paint was only putting lipstick on a pig.