猫に小判

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
猫	小判

[edit] Phrase

猫に小判 (hiragana ねこにこばん, romaji neko ni koban)

1. (idiomatic) cast pearls before swine; literally, gold coins to cats (koban were a kind of coin).

[edit] Synonyms

• 豚に真珠 (ぶたにしんじゅ, buta ni shinju), “‘pearls before swine’”)