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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.
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