"豚に真珠" meaning in All languages combined

See 豚に真珠 on Wiktionary

Phrase [日語]

Forms: 豚に真珠 [canonical] (ruby: (ぶた), (しん), (じゅ)), buta ni shinju [romanization], ぶたにしんじゆ
Etymology: 豚 (buta,“豬”) + に (ni,給) + 真珠 (shinju,“珍珠”),仿譯自英語 cast pearls before swine。
  1. 對牛彈琴
    Sense id: zh-豚に真珠-ja-phrase-3tl7wQfo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (對牛彈琴): 猫に小判, 犬に論語, 馬耳東風, 馬の耳に念仏
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