pearls before swine

pearls before swine

Something valuable presented to one who does not or will not recognize its worth. The phrase originated in the Bible. Most of the time, playing classical music for high schoolers is like casting your pearls before swine. But every so often a few kids appreciate it. I can't believe he gave his brand-new convertible to that bumpkin—talk about casting your pearls before swine.
See also: before, pearl, swine
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pearls before swine

Wasting something that is not appreciated. In Matthew 7:6, Jesus warned his followers not to waste time by throwing pearls of wisdom before ungodly swine. When writers Claire Booth Luce and Dorothy Parker simultaneously arrived at a door, Luce stepped back to allow Parker to precede her by saying with a smile, “Age before beauty.” As she walked through the door, Parker replied, “And pearls before swine.”
See also: before, pearl, swine
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • not for a second
  • not for a minute
  • not for a moment
  • not for a instant
  • not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant
  • hope not
  • (I) hope not
  • aint
  • ain't
  • be like ships in the night
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Stephan Pastis' THE CRASS MENAGERIE (0740771000, $16.99) is a 'Pearls Before Swine' collection including all cartoons from Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata and The Sopratos.
Andrews McMeel Publishing
It's interesting to know that he must have felt he was scattering his pearls before swine.'
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Former attorney turned award-winning cartoonist Stephan Pastis presents Pearls Falls Fast, the latest treasury of two years' worth of "Pearls Before Swine" newspaper comic strips, including Sunday strips in full color.
Pearls Falls Fast
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Earlier recordings had been released by The Kingston Trio, The Fortunes in 1968 and by Pearls Before Swine in 1970/71.
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Far right: Pearls Before Swine stars animals including Rat, who thinks he knows it all.
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Pearls Before Swine is one of the most hilarious comic strips in print, telling of the antics of crocodiles who long to consume their zebra neighbor, of a not-so-smart pig and his sidekick Duck, and more.
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