noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cast/throw pearls before swine
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pay no attention to this swine .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He needed a drink and that old swine Busacher hadn't offered him anything at the villa.
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He was an unsympathetic, arrogant, selfish swine , and she hated him.
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It was Marian's work to drive the swine out on to the slope and keep an eye on them.
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Like the rest of the Company, she knew Gesner could be a swine .
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She had loved him while hating him, had loved him when he'd been a perfect swine .
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Willie Maley, a pearl among swine , dutifully held the door open for the departing damsel.