词汇 | 对牛弹琴 |
释义 | 对牛弹琴 歇后语抱着琵琶进磨坊 法文perdre sa saliveparler à un mur,à un sourd 俄文трáтить зря врéмя 德文einer Kuh die Laute vorspielen in den Wind reden 公明仪不但在室内弹琴,遇上好天气,还喜欢带琴到郊外弹奏。有一天,他来到郊外,春风徐徐地吹着,垂柳轻轻地动着,一头黄牛正在草地上低头吃草。公明仪一时兴致来了,摆上琴,拨动琴弦,就给这头牛弹起了最高雅的乐曲《清角之操》来。老黄牛在那里却无动于衷,仍然一个劲地低头吃草。 公明仪想,这支曲子可能太高雅了,该换个曲调,弹弹小曲。老黄牛仍然毫无反应,继续悠闲地吃草。 公明仪拿出自己的全部本领,弹奏最拿手的曲子。这回呢,老黄牛偶尔甩甩尾巴,赶着牛虻,仍然低头闷不吱声地吃草。 最后,老黄牛慢悠悠地走了。换个地方去吃草了。 公明仪见老黄牛始终无动于衷,很是失望。人们对他说:你不要生气了!不是你弹的曲子不好听,是你弹的曲子不对牛的耳朵啊!最后,公明仪也只好叹口气,抱琴回去了。真是自找没趣。 【注意】含贬义。 反义词 This idiom is used to indicate reasoning with stubborn people or talking to the wrong audience. It is no use playing music for cows. Isn't it stupid for a player to play his lute to a cow? Don't cast pearls before swine. Don't cast your pearls before swine. But, as the Economist observed, the report was largely“ howling at the moon” when it attacked global imbalances in the distribution of power and money. But Jennifer doesn't know anything about arts. It is just like casting pearls before swine. America, the revolutionaries’ Great Satan, is seeking to reopen a conversation after three decades of a dialogue of the deaf. Talking to him is like player the lute to a cow. Trying to explain to them the importance of body language in communication is just like casting pearls before swine. You are just casting pearls before swine. You are casting pearls before swine. Your love's coming to me like a wolf howling at the moon but that just doesn't do me if I can't get you soon. If that logic does not change any minds, Washington has other leverage. China particularly covets a bilateral investment agreement that would ease the path for Chinese firms in the United States. He is not a computer expert; you don't need to cast pearls before swine. Their hints about his behaviour were like water off a duck's back. I read that beautiful Shakespearean sonnet to her, but it was pearls before swine to such an illiterate person. My response that being contacted in part so I could incubate a legacy child for them was insulting often fell on deaf ears. True terrible not cast your pearls before swine, but a group of cows to you to play the piano. Be direct: If you find that interactions with your parents have become a dialogue of the deaf, tell them that you're frustrated; chances are they feel the same way. It would be hopeless to argue vegetarianism with someone who does not shudder at the thought of killing an innocent, sentient being. Talking to me about work matters is like playing a lute for an ox. The charm of your melody fails to work, not because the music is not nice enough but because you are casting pearls before a cow! |
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