cast pearls before swine

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cast pearls before swine or cast one's pearls before swine  {n. phr.},  {literary}
To waste good acts or valuable things on someone who won't understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won't appreciate pearls. — Often used in negative sentences.
I won't waste good advice on John any more because he never listens to it. I won't cast pearls before swine.
Categories: literary noun
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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