gǒu​zuǐ​lǐ​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yágǒu​zuǐ​li​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá

nothing nice comes from a filthy mouth

Senses

狗嘴里吐不出象牙/ 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙 gǒu​zuǐ​lǐ​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá nothing nice comes from a filthy mouth

A mean person never has a good word to say; used to insult someone whose speech is crude or unpleasant.

狗嘴里吐不出象牙/ 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙 gǒu​zuǐ​li​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá a filthy mouth cannot utter decent language

literally translated as "no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog"; one cannot expect decent or polite words from a person with a vulgar or malicious characterless mind

References

variant 狗嘴里吐不出象牙/狗嘴裡吐不出象牙 狗口里吐不出象牙/狗口裡吐不出象牙