biblewonk gets the award of the day for relevant Bible reference:
Prov 11:22-Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
Although I must say that I think the analogy is meant more to show the innapropriate blending of the beautiful and base than to show useless function.
Kezekiek gets the award for picking up on subtle bible verse dropping!
Although I must say that I think the analogy is meant more to show the innapropriate blending of the beautiful and base than to show useless function.
The bible analogy is to show that a beautiful woman who is indiscrete is like a gold ring in a pigs nose. In other words, her behavior makes her the pig and her beauty is as useless as trying to beautify a pig with a gold ring in it's nose. It's a very harsh thing to say to a beautiful slut and very fitting.