play the lute to a cow -- to have [choose] the wrong audience;cast [throw] pearls before swine;play one's guitar to an ox;preach to deaf ears;Cast pearls before swine ;
He explained the beauty of the music to her but it was just casting pearls before swine.
他跟她讲解那音乐的美妙之处,但这只不过是对牛弹琴而已.
——《简明英汉词典》A research team led by molecular biologist Pamela C.
(译注:语出圣经,意指不要对牛弹琴. )
——期刊摘选You do not value what should be valued, I see I was casting pearls before swine.
你不重视应该重视的东西,我觉得我是在对牛弹琴。
——柯林斯例句To sing for them is to cast pearls before swine.
为他们唱歌真是犹如对牛弹琴.
互联网I'll never cast pearls before swine.
我绝不会对牛弹琴.
互联网The whistle jigs to a milestone.
对牛弹琴.
辞典例句She read them Shakespeare, but it was casting pearls before swine.
她为他们朗诵莎士比亚著作, 但那等于对牛弹琴.
辞典例句With this customer, he felt himself , as it were, casting pearls before swine.
面对这个客商, 他感到好像是在对牛弹琴.
辞典例句Never castpearls before swine.
切勿明珠暗投.不要对牛弹琴.
期刊摘选Jokes are lost on him.
对他讲笑话是对牛弹琴.
互联网Cast not your pearls before swine.
莫要对牛弹琴.
互联网Do not cast your pearls before swine.
不要对牛弹琴.
互联网Never cast your pearls before swine.
不要把珍贵之物送给不识货的人;勿明珠暗投;勿对牛弹琴.
互联网She read him Byron's poems, and it was casting pearls before swine.
她为他朗诵拜伦的诗, 简直是对牛弹琴.
互联网Their hints about his behaviour were water off a duck's back.
他们示意他举止不当,如同对牛弹琴.
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