# Dropping pearls

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**Created:** [March 10, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-pearls/830876 "2019-03-10T05:16:31Z")\
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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> It means to leave ‘hints’.  
> ETA, read the others. I still think it means leaving hints or clues.

This was my immediate thought too. Sort of a cross between “dropping breadcrumbs” (to leave a visible trail to follow) and “pearls before swine” (which the swine don’t care about anyway).

I didn’t immediately think about sexuality as the matter being hinted to, as others have suggested, but I agree it does make some sense. Or perhaps the Biblical reference is important, in which case it could be about embracing/abandoning religious faith.

ETA: 52

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