Idiom
pearls before swine
Meaning
Something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Giving him that rare book is like casting pearls before swine.”
“She spent hours explaining the complex symphony to her bored friends, feeling like she was casting pearls before swine.”
“The professor realized that offering his deepest philosophical insights to an audience only interested in gossip was merely casting pearls before swine.”
Examples
simple
“Giving him that rare book is like casting pearls before swine.”
contextual
“She spent hours explaining the complex symphony to her bored friends, feeling like she was casting pearls before swine.”
complex
“The professor realized that offering his deepest philosophical insights to an audience only interested in gossip was merely casting pearls before swine.”
Origin
See cast pearls before swine.
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