英美人天天都在说的4000句 39: cast pearls before swi

　　[00:01]B：I think of myself as a very very rich...
[00:05]But I have been foolish casting my pearls before...
[00:09]S：Swine, huh?
[00:11]B：Yes, swine!
[00:13]And I'm thinking not only of you but your friend, Mr. Mitchell.
[00:16]He came here tonight. He dared to come here in his work clothes!
[00:18]And to repeat slander¹ to me, vicious stories that he had gotten from you.
[00:21]I gave him his walking papers.
[00:24]But then you returned.

1 slander   

n./v.诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• The article is a slander on ordinary working people.那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
• He threatened to go public with the slander.他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。