to cast pearls before swine (and variants): to offer or give a good or valuable thing to a person who is incapable of appreciating it.
| 单词 | θ90301 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > bestow on unappreciative recipients (1) to cast pearls before swinec1400 to cast pearls before swine (and variants): to offer or give a good or valuable thing to a person who is incapable of appreciating it. |
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