kasta pärlor för svin
Meaning: To offer something valuable to someone who cannot appreciate or will waste it.
Language: Swedish
Literally: cast pearls before swine
Category: Animals
Origin: Biblical allusion from Matthew 7:6, where casting pearls before swine represents wasting precious things on those incapable of valuing them.
More idioms — Animals
- ingen ko på isen — There is no danger or immediate problem; the situation is safe.
- inte göra en fluga förnär — To be harmless and gentle, incapable of hurting even the smallest creature.
- som vatten på en gås — Something that has no effect or makes no impression, sliding off harmlessly.
- lysa med lånta fjädrar — To present oneself falsely by adopting the qualities, accomplishments, or possessions of…
- surt sa räven — To claim that something undesirable was not worth having anyway, as a way of masking disa…
- kupować kota w worku — To purchase something without examining it first, risking getting a poor deal.
More Swedish idioms
- lämna någon åt sitt öde — To abandon someone, leaving them to deal with consequences on their own.
- jämna med marken — To completely destroy or demolish a building or structure.
- med glimten i ögat — To say or do something in a joking or cheeky manner, with playful mischief rather than se…
- få bukt med — To overcome, resolve, or take control of a difficult problem or challenging situation.
- få betalt för gammal ost — To be punished or retaliated against for a past wrong, to receive belated payback.
- tidens tand — The slow decay and wearing away of things through the passage of time, the gradual damage…
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