Echar margaritas a los cerdos

To cast pearls before swine

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Literally 'to throw daisies to the pigs'. Means wasting something of value on people who cannot appreciate it. Spanish equivalent of the English proverb.

See It in Context

Darle ese consejo fue echar margaritas a los cerdos.

Giving him that advice was casting pearls before swine.

—¿Vale la pena explicárselo? —Es echar margaritas a los cerdos.

—Is it worth explaining it to her? —It's casting pearls before swine.

Llevar ese vino a esa fiesta es echar margaritas a los cerdos.

Taking that wine to that party is casting pearls before swine.

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