猫に小判

ねこにこばん

Also written ネコにこばん, ネコに小判

Meanings

1. Expression casting pearls before swine (literally: (giving) a gold coin to a cat) See also: 豚に真珠 (ぶたにしんじゅ).

Kanji

• 猫 cat. Read as ねこ.
• 小 small
• 判 judge. Read as ハン.

Example sentences

• それじゃ猫に小判だ。
  It is like casting pearls before swine.
• 猫に小判。
  Cast pearls before swine.
• 君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。
  Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

Word lists

• Idioms

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists