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| #3 (permalink) Fri Mar 26, 2010 19:54 pm Cast pearls before swine? |
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The interesting thing is that there is the same saying in German: Perle vor die Säue werfen
However, the English idiom is not "To cast the pearl before swine's eyes" but "cast pearls before swine". VW, where did you find the phrase "To cast the pearl before swine's eyes"?
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Mar 26, 2010 19:57 pm Cast pearls before swine? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| The interesting thing is that there is the same saying in German: Perle vor die Säue werfen |
Probably because the origin is biblical. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Mar 27, 2010 0:01 am Cast pearls before swine? |
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Biblical expression is " cast pearls before swine". I know for sure.
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Mar 27, 2010 0:18 am Cast pearls before swine? |
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Ok. Whatever. I just want to know what it means.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Mar 27, 2010 0:30 am Cast pearls before swine? |
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| Vietanhpham_Winter wrote: |
| Ok. Whatever. I just want to know what it means. |
Pearls before swine refers to a quotation from at Matthew 7:6 in the discourse on holiness, a section of Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount, implying that things should not be put in front of people who don't appreciate their value.
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:00 am Cast pearls before swine? |
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Oh I see. In Vietnam, we also have something like that. Let me translate it. Play the violin before buffalo.
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