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彼女は彼に初版本の詩集を買ってあげたが、それは彼には身分不相応な贅沢品で、彼は一ページも読まず週刊誌を好んだ。

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She bought him a first-edition poetry collection, but it turned out to be caviar to the general—he never read a page and preferred tabloids.

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She bought him a first-edition poetry collection, but it turned out to be caviar to the general—he never read a page and preferred tabloids.

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caviar to the general

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(慣用句)本来は質が高く高級な品物や価値あるものが、その所有者にとっては不釣り合いである状態、あるいはふさわしくないとされること。 / (比喩的表現)所有者の身分や地位に見合わないほど優れた、あるいは価値のあるものを指す表現。
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彼女は彼に初版本の詩集を買ってあげたが、それは彼には身分不相応な贅沢品で、彼は一ページも読まず週刊誌を好んだ。

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