cast (one's) pearls before swine
- cast (one's) pearls before swine
cast (one's) pearls before swine
Fig. to waste something good on someone who doesn't care about it. (From a biblical quotation.) •
To sing for them is to cast pearls before swine.
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To serve them French cuisine is like casting one's pearls before swine.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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cast\ one's\ pearls\ before\ swine — • cast pearls before swine • cast one s pearls before swine n. phr. literary To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won t understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won t appreciate pearls. Often used in negative sentences. I… … Словарь американских идиом
cast\ pearls\ before\ swine — • cast pearls before swine • cast one s pearls before swine n. phr. literary To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won t understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won t appreciate pearls. Often used in negative sentences. I… … Словарь американских идиом
cast pearls before swine — or[cast one s pearls before swine] {n. phr.}, {literary} To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won t understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won t appreciate pearls. Often used in negative sentences. * /I won t waste good… … Dictionary of American idioms
cast pearls before swine — or[cast one s pearls before swine] {n. phr.}, {literary} To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won t understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won t appreciate pearls. Often used in negative sentences. * /I won t waste good… … Dictionary of American idioms
Pearls Before Swine (comic strip) — Pearls Before Swine The four main Pearls Before Swine Characters. From left to right: Zebra, Rat, Pig and Goat. Author(s) Stephan Pastis … Wikipedia
Pearls Before Swine (comics) — Infobox Comic strip title=Pearls Before Swine caption= The four main Pearls Before Swine Characters.From top to bottom: Rat, Zebra, Pig, Goat. creator=Stephan Pastis current= status=Running syndicate=United Feature Syndicate publisher= Andrews… … Wikipedia
Pearls Before Swine (band) — Infobox musical artist Name =Pearls Before Swine Background =group or band Img capt =Cover of One Nation Underground (1967), showing a detail of the Hell panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights triptych by Hieronymus Bosch Origin =Melbourne,… … Wikipedia
before swine — See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE … Dictionary of American idioms
before swine — See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE … Dictionary of American idioms
before\ swine — See: cast pearls before swine or cast one s pearls before swine … Словарь американских идиом
cast pearls before swine — waste something good on one who has no appreciation for it … English contemporary dictionary