SELLING PEARLS FOR PENNIES

a made-up phrase that expresses selling highly valuable items for a very low price. A variation of casting pearls before swine: wasting good acts or valuable things on someone who won't understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won't appreciate pearls. —How to Manage a Course Approved 6.3.91

a made-up phrase that expresses selling highly valuable items for a very low price. A variation of casting pearls before swine: wasting good acts or valuable things on someone who won't understand or be thankful for them, just as pigs won't appreciate pearls. "You're already selling pearls for pennies.