出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第296页（248字）
比喻被埋没的人才，例周君品学兼优，竟未被录用，真是沧海遗珠，可惜可叹。
Mr．Zhou is not only a fine person but also well trained．Unfortunately for him he was not taken on-such a pity that he has not been given a chance to show his bit!