[Sca-cooks] Pearls before Swine

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Christine Seelye-King wrote:

> I am looking for the etymology of the phrase "casting pearls before swine".
> I believe it to be of biblical origin, but I am really looking for the
> context of the phrase as well as meaning (today we think of it as meaning
> wasting time and resources on someone or something that won't use or
> appreciate it).
> Any ideas, oh great fonts of knowledge out there?
> Christianna

Nifty website here:

http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/280300.html

Yes, it's Biblical (Matthew 7:6), and it means just about what we use it
to mean now.

Margaret (who is trying very hard to be bored today, but the customers
have other ideas)