英語習語諺語成語用法精粹 宗教神話類3-33 cast pearls before swine

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【字面理解】把珍珠投在豬玀面前

【英文解析】to give or offer valuable things to people who do not understand their value

【中文解析】把珍貴的東西送給不識貨者;明珠暗投

【典型例句】① She decided not to buy the most expensive wine for dinner, thinking that would be casting pearls before swine.她決定宴請時不買最貴的酒，心想反正 他們也不識貨。

② The teacher taught the weakest class at school; but it was all useless, for the students ignored her. She really was casting pearls before swine.這個老師在學校教最差的 班級，但是這毫無意義，那些學生根本不聽她的。她 真是白費好意。

【注釋】源自《圣經?馬太福音》第7章第6節(jié)不要把 圣物給狗，也不要把你們的珍珠丟在豬面前，否則 它會踐踏了珍珠，又轉過來咬你們。” (Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you. Matthew 7:6)耶穌用它來告誡自己的追隨 者，不要向那些不珍視或無法理解《圣經》的人布道。 該習語與“明珠暗投”的意思相近，與“對牛彈琴”的 意思不完全相同。