OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 5251

cast pearls before swine

Meanings (ES + gloss)
Dios da pan a quien no tiene dientes • dar margaritas a los cerdos • echar margaritas a los cerdos • echar perlas a los cerdos • no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno
To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
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…
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