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動詞

cast pearls before swine (三人称単数 現在形 casts pearls before swine, 現在分詞 casting pearls before swine, 過去形および過去分詞形 cast pearls before swine)

1. (idiomatic) To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
   • 1947, Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 10:

     Blanche: ...Physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession. But beauty of the mind and richness of the spirit and tenderness of the heart—and I have all of those things—aren't taken away, but grow! Increase with the years! How strange that I should be called a destitute woman! When I have all of these treasures locked in my heart. [A choked sob comes from her] I think of myself as a very, very rich woman! But I have been foolish—casting my pearls before swine!

同意語

• preach to deaf ears

派生語

• pearls before swine

参考

• caviar to the general
• talk over somebody's head