cast pearls before swine
Verb
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Verb
cast pearls before swine
- (idiomatic) To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- French: jeter des perles aux pourceaux, donner de la confiture à des cochons
- German: Perlen vor die Säue werfen
- Italian: gettare perle ai porci
- Portuguese: dar pérolas a porcos, jogar pérolas aos porcos (other verbs used: atirar, lançar)
- Russian: мета́ть би́сер пе́ред сви́ньями
- Spanish: echar perlas a los cerdos, dar margaritas a los cerdos, echar margaritas a los cerdos, no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno
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