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(idiomatic) Something of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
Your lecture deserved a much better reception than it got. Pearls before swine!

Often used by itself as an interjection to assert that the subject at hand is being or will be treated this way.

something valuable left to unappreciating people — see also cast pearls before swine

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 ===Noun===
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 # {{lb|en|idiomatic}} Something of [[value]], [[beauty]], [[refinement]], or [[wisdom]] left to people who will not [[appreciate]] it.
 #: ''Your lecture deserved a much better reception than it got. '''Pearls before swine!'''''
 ====Usage notes====
-Often used by itself as an interjection (''Pearls before swine!'') to assert that the subject at hand is being or will be treated this way.
+* Often used by itself as an interjection to assert that the subject at hand is being or will be treated this way.
 ====Synonyms====
 * {{l|en|caviar to the general}}
+====Translations====
+{{trans-top-see|something valuable left to unappreciating people|cast pearls before swine}}
+* Finnish: {{t|fi|helmiä sioille}}
+* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נזם זהב באף חזיר|tr=nezem zahav be'af ħazīr}}
+* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[disznó]]k [[elé]] [[szór]]t/[[vet]]ett/[[dob]]ott [[gyöngy]]}}
+{{trans-bottom}}
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