Pearls Before Swine By Deane Barker • December 15, 2021 • Definition: something valuable presented to one who does not or will not recognize its worth This is a Biblical reference, from Matthew 7:6: Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Why I Looked It Up In The First World War, a Captain was discussing some Christmas gifts provided to men at the Western Front: [the area was] littered with lumps of plum pudding simply chucked away. It’s pearls before swine to try to treat some men as human beings.