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pearls before swine

pearls before swine noun: something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.

Noun

pearls before swine pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
    • Your lecture deserved a much better reception than it got. Pearls before swine!

pearls before swine meaning in Thai

pearls before swine in Thai

something valuable left to unappreciating people
ไก่ได้พลอย gài-dâai-plɔɔi

Synonyms of pearls before swine

Origin of pearls before swine

See cast pearls before swine.

Questions about pearls before swine

What does pearls before swine mean?
Pearls before swine means something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
What is pearls before swine in Thai?
Pearls before swine in Thai is ไก่ได้พลอย (gài-dâai-plɔɔi). See Pearls before swine meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is pearls before swine?
Pearls before swine is a noun.

Words near pearls before swine in the dictionary

  1. Pearlmethyst
  2. pearlness
  3. Pearlnet
  4. Pearlrose
  5. pearls
  6. pearls before swine
  7. pearls of great price
  8. pearls of wisdom
  9. pearlscale
  10. pearlscales
  11. pearlside

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