Pearls Before Swine
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"Neither cast ye your pearls before swine" is an advice Jesus gives us according to Matthew 7:06 in 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" Matthew 7:06)
The wit Dorothy Parker once famously turned this phrase on its head – see Wikiquote.
It has become a general expression, indicating that something sophisticated is lost on an uncultured audience. This phrase has been used often. Examples include,
- Pearls Before Swine is the name of a comic strip
- Pearls Before Swine was an American psychedelic folk band.
- Pearls Before Swine is an alternate title for Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
- Pearls Before Swine is a puzzle/logic game.
- Monty Python's Flying Circus would, on occasion, clip to a mock jingle proclaiming, "Pearls for Swine."
- Pearls Before Swine, starring Boyd Rice, directed by Richard Wolstencroft about an assassin who's assigned to kill an author of socially subversive literature.
- There are two pig-like Pokémon called Spoink and Grumpig who use pearls in their biology.