汉英词典
MEANING OF 对牛弹琴
对牛弹琴
(對牛彈琴)
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
The ridiculous obedient person does not understand what the other person is saying / The person who speaks with ridicule does not look at the object
讥笑听话的人不懂对方说得是什么。用以讥笑说话的人不看对象。
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现在我觉得我只是在对牛弹琴罢了。 Now I think I was just casting pearls before swine. | ||
今天，我将给大家讲的是一个在中国家喻户晓的成语- - -对牛弹琴。 Today, I will tell you that China is a well-known proverb — Duiniudanqin. | ||
另一个是告诫不要对牛弹琴，不要对那些听不见或不可感化者说教。 Another is the admonition not to throw your pearls before swine, not to preach to those who can't hear, or won't be perceptive. | ||
神圣之物，毋施于狗；手上珍珠，莫掷猪前。相等于“不耍对牛弹琴”。 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine. | ||
