cast pearls before swine preach to deaf ears play the lute to a cow -- to have the wrong audience play one´s guitar to an ox
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。
—— 给力词典精选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The whistle jigs to a milestone.
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