對牛彈琴 [ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ; dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2] to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to a unappreciative audience to cast pearls before swine caviar to the general to preach to deaf ears to talk over sb's head ◄ ►