의미: pearls

pearl¹ n.

1 진주; [pl.] 진주 목걸이
▶ artificial[false, imitation] pearl 모조 진주
▶ cultured pearl 양식 진주

2 진주처럼 생긴 것 《이슬·눈물 등》; (쇠·석탄 등의) 작은 알

3 귀중한 물건, 일품(逸品); 정화(精華), 전형(典型)
▶ pearls of wisdom 지혜의 정화

4 진주색(=pearl blue)

5 [U] 진주층, 진주모(母)(mother-of-pearl), 자개

6 [U] 【인쇄】 펄 활자 《5포인트》

7 【병리】 백내장(白內障)
throw[cast] pearls before swine 【성서】 돼지한테 진주를 던져주다
━ a.

1 [A] 진주의[로 만든]; 진주를 박은

2 진주 모양[빛]의

3 작은 알갱이의
━ vt.

1 진주로 꾸미다[를 박아 넣다]

2 아로새기다 《with》

3 진주 같은 모양[빛]으로 하다

4 <보리 등을> 기계로 잘게 찧다
━ vi.

1 구슬처럼 드리워지다, 진주 모양[빛깔]이 되다; <땀·눈물 등이> 진주처럼 되다[흐르다] 《down》

2 진주를 채취하다
▶ go pearling 진주를 채취하러 가다
▷ péarly a.

pearls 관용구

cast pearls before swine

waste something on someone who won

cast one's pearls before swine

Idiom(s): cast (one's) pearls before swine

Theme: WASTE

to waste something good on someone who doesn't care about it. (From a biblical quotation.)
• To sing for them is to cast pearls before swine.
• To serve them French cuisine is like casting one's pearls before swine.

Throw pearls to the pigs

Someone that throws pearls to pigs is giving someone else something they don't deserve or appreciate. ('Throw pearls before pigs' and 'Cast pearls before swine' are also used.)

cast pearls before swine|cast|cast one's pearls be

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.

pearls 관용구

cast pearls before swine

cast one's pearls before swine

Throw pearls to the pigs

cast pearls before swine|cast|cast one's pearls be

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