Direction.
Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.

To cast pearls before a swine :

A. To spend recklessly

B. To spend a lot of money on the unkeep of domestic hogs

C. To waste monkey over trifles

D. To offer to a person a thing which he cannot appreciate

Correct Answer : D.

Comment

To plough the sands :
To cool ones heels :
All and Sundry
To end in smoke
It is difficult to have a sensible discussion with her as she flies off at a tangent.
To have an axe to grind.
To speak daggers :
Where discipline is concerned I put my foot down .
At daggers drawn
To be in abeyance :
A man of straw
A black sheep
To hold somebody to ransom :
To snap ones fingers :
To wrangle over an asss shadow :
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
By the rule of thumb :
Dog in the manger :
With great difficulty, he was able to carve out a niche for himself.
To smell a rat
out and out
Above board
To flog a dead horse :
To drive home.
We must work with all our might and main, otherwise we cannot succeed.
The students found it hard to go at equal speed with the professor.
Be in the mire :
To make clean breast of
My sincere advice to my maidservant fell on stony ground.
To pour oil in troubled water :