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kasta pärlor för svin

Meaning: To offer something valuable to someone who cannot appreciate or will waste it.

Literally: Cast pearls before swine

Example: “Att bjuda honom på fint vin är att kasta pärlor för svin.” — Serving him fine wine is casting pearls before swine.

English equivalent: To cast pearls before swine

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Origin: From the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:6: "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before swine." Casting pearls before swine is wasting something valuable on people who cannot appreciate it.

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