pearl of wisdom en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, often, sarcastic) A succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept.
How about this pearl of wisdom after France lost to Scotland again, this time in Paris? He said: "You always lose when your opponents score and you don't."
2008 June 8, Ivan Speck, “Meet Raymond Domenech, the maddest coach at Euro 2008”, in Daily Mail Online, UK, retrieved 23 Jun 2008:"I am desolated to lose the pearls of wisdom that habitually fall from your cultivated lips," returned Haddo.
1908, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 3, in The Magician:
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| pearls of wisdom | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
nl parel van wijsheid (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · sv pärla av visdom (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · fr sage parole (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · pl perły mądrości (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · fr perle de sagesse (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · es perla de sabiduría (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · pt pérola de sabedoria (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · it perla di saggezza (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · da perle af visdom (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · de Perle der Weisheit (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) · is gullkorn (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept)