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一石二鳥（Issekinichou) is  a Japanese saying , whose meaning is to gain two advantages by one act. The meanings of the kanji in this saying are to catch two birds with one stone. There seems to be a saying like this in English. It is "Killing two birds with one stone".
豚に真珠 is a Japanese saying , whose meaning is that even worthy things are worthless for people who don't know their worth. There seems to be a saying like this in English. It is "Casting pearls before swine".
It is interesting that there are similar sayings in Japanese and English like these.