Don’t try to teach a pig to sing Home The Lexicon Don’t try to teach a pig to sing Thumbnail Phrase or WordDon’t try to teach a pig to singDefinitionDon’t waste effort on something or someone who won’t benefit from it.LanguageEnglishTypeFaunamorphSubcategoryPorcinesGrammatical SubcategorySayings/Similes/Aphorisms/Proverbs Previous itemEven a blind pig/squirrel finds an acorn Next itemHappier than a pig in slop/mud/muck/s***
