cast pearls before swine

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cast pearls before swine

- To offer something valuable to someone who does not appreciate it.

See also related terms for offer.

Translations

Perlen vor die Säue werfen

dar margaritas a los cerdosechar margaritas a los cerdos

helmiä sioille

donner de la confiture aux cochons

kasta perlum fyrir svín

猫に小判豚に真珠

parels voor de zwijnen

метать бисер перед свиньями

kasta pärlor för svinkasta pärlor för svinen

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Messina, Italy--On Sunday, March 26, an 80-year-old Sicilian parish priest humiliated Pieruccio, an 11-year-old boy suffering from Down's Syndrome in front of all his catechism companions, by telling him that he would not hear his confession before First Communion, because "one cannot cast pearls before swine."