掃はき溜だめに鶴つる

expression, noun

a jewel in a dunghill

Idiomatic expression meaning something beautiful or outstanding in a shabby or unworthy place; often used to describe a person who seems out of place in a lowly environment.

• あの田舎いなかの学がっ校こうに彼かれのような天てん才さいがいるなんて、掃はき溜だめに鶴つるだ。

  Having a genius like him in that rural school is like a jewel in a dunghill.