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豚に真珠

pearls before swine

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pearls before swine An idiom describing something valuable being given to someone who cannot appreciate or make use of it.
JA: 高級なワインを彼にあげても、豚に真珠だよ。
EN: Even if you give him expensive wine, it’s pearls before swine.

豚に真珠を与えるな。

Don’t cast pearls before swine.

豚に真珠とはまさにこのことだ。

This is a perfect example of casting pearls before swine.

それは、豚に真珠ってもんだよ。

That’s like casting pearls before swine.