cast pearls before swine

Etymology
From the "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." –, Matthew 7:6.

Verb

 * 1)  To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.

Translations

 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kaste perler for svin
 * Dutch: parels voor de zwijnen, paarlen voor de zwijnen werpen
 * Esperanto: ĵeti perlojn antaŭ la porkojn
 * Finnish: heittää helmiä sioille
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: μαργαρίτας τοις κυσίν
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: kasta perlum fyrir svín
 * Italian: gettare perle ai porci
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: mittere margaritas ante porcos
 * Malay: kera diberi bunga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kaste perler for svin
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, (other verbs used: , )
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: bacati bisere pred svinje
 * Spanish: echar perlas a los cerdos, dar margaritas a los cerdos, echar margaritas a los cerdos, no se hizo la miel para la boca del asno, Dios da pan a quien no tiene dientes
 * Swedish:, kasta pärlor för svinen