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Pearls Before Swine

"Neither cast ye your pearls before swine" is an advice Jesus gives us according to Matthew 7:06.

It has become a general expression, indicating that something sophisticated is lost on an uncultured audience. This phrase has been used and abused often. Some examples include:

  1. Pearls Before Swine refers to a comic strip
  2. Pearls Before Swine was an American psychedelic folk band.
  3. Pearls Before Swine is an alternate title for Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
  4. Pearls Before Swine is a puzzle/logic game.
  5. Dorothy Parker once famously turned this phrase on its head – see Wikiquote.
Last updated: 10-20-2005 14:54:33
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