犬に論語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
犬	論	語
いぬ Grade: 1	ろん Grade: 6	ご Grade: 2
kun’yomi	on’yomi	goon

Etymology

Literally “[reading] the Analects to a dog”.

Idiom

犬(いぬ)に論(ろん)語(ご) • (inu ni Rongo)

cast pearls before swine

Synonyms

馬(うま)の耳(みみ)に念(ねん)仏(ぶつ) (uma no mimi ni nenbutsu)
猫(ねこ)に小(こ)判(ばん) (neko ni koban)
豚(ぶた)に真(しん)珠(じゅ) (buta ni shinju)

See also

馬(ば)耳(じ)東(とう)風(ふう) (bajitōfū)

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