有眼不识金镶玉
“she doesn't recognize their true value?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但万一柳阿姨跟我一样
“but what if, like me,”
有眼不识金镶玉
“she doesn't recognize their true value?”
“That might sound a bit rude,”
“She might totally fail to see how valuable this is.”
Appreciating jade inlayed with gold requires discernment; the idiom encapsulates traditional ideas about discernment and the shame of being uncultured.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
failing to recognize real value or talent
A popular idiom used self-deprecatingly or teasingly when someone overlooks something extraordinarily fine.