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) 

1. 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)