do not throw pearls to swine
- do not throw pearls to swine
With allusion to MATTHEW vii. 6 (AV) Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine. Often in the phrase to cast pearls before swine.
1340 Ayenbite of Inwit (EETS) 152 Thet we ne thrauwe naght oure preciouse stones touore the zuyn.
1362 LANGLAND Piers Plowman A. xi. Noli mittere Margeri, perles Among hogges.
1526 Pilgrimage of Perfection II. iii. The holy fathers thought it nat expedient to disclose the secrete misteryes to euery worldly person... Cast not your perles before hogges.
1550 R. CROWLEY Epigrams A3v Before suche swyne no pearles maye be caste.
1816 S. SMITH Letter in S. Holland Memoir (1855) II. 134 Elgin has done a very useful thing in taking them [the Elgin Marbles] away from the Turks. Do not throw pearls to swine.
1925 WODEHOUSE Sam the Sudden xi. ‘Young women do not interest me.’ The proverb about casting pearls before swine occurred to Sam.
2001 Spectator 3 Nov. 8 I am always inclined to toss such people a copy of The Way of All Flesh to show them what great late-Victorian fiction-writing was really about, but that would be pearls before swine.
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throw pearls before swine — cast, throw, etc. pearls before ˈswine idiom to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value Main entry: ↑pearlidiom … Useful english dictionary
cast/throw pearls before swine — to give or offer something valuable to someone who does not understand its value • • • Main Entry: ↑pearl cast/throw pearls before swine see <sup>1</sup>PEARL • • • Main Entry: ↑swine … Useful english dictionary
Pearls Before Swine (comic strip) — Pearls Before Swine The four main Pearls Before Swine Characters. From left to right: Zebra, Rat, Pig and Goat. Author(s) Stephan Pastis … Wikipedia
throw — see don’t throw out your dirty water until you get in fresh don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater throw dirt enough, and some will stick those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones do not throw pearls to swine … Proverbs new dictionary
throw pearls to pigs/ cast pearls before swine — This expression means that it is wasteful to offer something valuable or useful to someone who does not understand or appreciate it. She had a beautifully trained voice but the audience didn t listen talk about throwing pearls to pigs! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
swine — see do not throw pearls to swine on Saint Thomas the Divine kill all turkeys, geese, and swine … Proverbs new dictionary
cast pearls before swine — phrase to offer something good or helpful to someone who does not value it Thesaurus: to offer something and offerssynonym Main entry: pearl * * * cast pearls before swine see ↑pearl • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
Perle — 1. Auch Perlen verlieren ihren Glanz. 2. Die Perle im Miste ist so kostbar als die im Kranze. 3. Die Perlen findet man im Schlamm des Meeres und die besten Frauen unten im Volk. Die Türken legen bei den Frauen kein Gewicht auf vornehme Abkunft,… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
cast — see ne’er cast a clout till May be out coming events cast their shadows before old sins cast long shadows do not throw pearls to swine … Proverbs new dictionary
