cast pearls before swine

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From the Bible "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you." – KJV, Matthew 7:6.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 明珠暗投 (míngzhūàntóu) — to cast pearls before swine
• Czech: házet perly sviním — to cast pearls before swine
• Danish: kaste perler for svin — to cast pearls before swine
• Dutch: parels voor de zwijnen — to cast pearls before swine
• Dutch: paarlen voor de zwijnen werpen — to cast pearls before swine
• Esperanto: ĵeti perlojn antaŭ la porkojn — to cast pearls before swine
• Finnish: heittää helmiä sioille — to cast pearls before swine
• French: jeter des perles aux pourceaux — to cast pearls before swine
• French: donner de la confiture à des cochons — to cast pearls before swine
• German: Perlen vor die Säue werfen — to cast pearls before swine
• Greek: μαργαρίτας τοις κυσίν (margarítas tois kysín) — to cast pearls before swine
• Hebrew: נזם זהב באף חזיר (nezem zahav be'af hazeer) — to cast pearls before swine
• Icelandic: kasta perlum fyrir svín — to cast pearls before swine
• Italian: gettare perle ai porci — to cast pearls before swine
• Japanese: 豚に真珠 (buta ni shinju) — to cast pearls before swine
• Latin: mittere margaritas ante porcos — to cast pearls before swine
• Malay: kera diberi bunga — to cast pearls before swine
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaste perler for svin — to cast pearls before swine
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaste perler for svin — to cast pearls before swine
• Polish: rzucać perły przed wieprze — to cast pearls before swine
• Polish: rzucić perły przed wieprze — to cast pearls before swine
• Portuguese: dar pérolas a porcos — to cast pearls before swine
• Portuguese: jogar pérolas aos porcos (other verbs used: atirar, lançar) — to cast pearls before swine
• Russian: мета́ть би́сер пе́ред сви́ньями (metátʹ bíser péred svínʹjami) — to cast pearls before swine
• Serbo-Croatian: bacati bisere pred svinje — to cast pearls before swine
• Spanish: echar perlas a los cerdos — to cast pearls before swine
• Spanish: dar margaritas a los cerdos — to cast pearls before swine
• Spanish: echar margaritas a los cerdos — to cast pearls before swine
• Spanish: no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno — to cast pearls before swine
• Spanish: Dios da pan a quien no tiene dientes — to cast pearls before swine
• Swedish: kasta pärlor för svin — to cast pearls before swine
• Swedish: kasta pärlor för svinen — to cast pearls before swine