VOCABULARY
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pearls before swine
casting pearls before swine, giving something valuable to someone who cannot appreciate it, valuable things given to someone who cannot appreciate them
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Example sentences
彼に高級ワインなんて猫に小判だ。
Giving him fine wine is pearls before swine.
子供に名画を見せても猫に小判だよ。
Showing a masterpiece to a child is casting pearls before swine.
せっかくの贈り物も猫に小判だった。
Even the special gift was like giving something valuable to someone who couldn't appreciate it.
宝の持ち腐れ、まさに猫に小判だ。
A wasted treasure, truly pearls before swine.
Practice exercises
1
彼に高級品をあげても猫に小判だ。
Giving him luxury goods is just pearls before swine.
Answer
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2
高価なワインを味がわからない人にあげるのは、まさに猫に小判だ。
Giving expensive wine to someone who cannot appreciate its taste is truly pearls before swine.
Answer
猫に小判
3
最先端の技術を駆使したその作品も、素人には奇妙に見えるだけで、まさに猫に小判だったと嘆いた。
Even that work using cutting-edge technology just looked strange to amateurs, truly a case of pearls before swine, he lamented.
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4
最新のパソコンを使いこなせない祖父に贈っても、猫に小判になりかねない。
Even giving the latest computer to my grandfather, who can't fully use it, could become pearls before swine.
Answer
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5
長年の研究の成果も、価値がわからない者には猫に小判でしかない。
Even the fruit of many years of research is nothing but pearls before swine to those who don't understand its value.
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