How long will it take? The colonoscopy itself only takes about 30 minutes. The prep begins at home the evening before the procedure. The morning of your colonoscopy youâll spend about three hours at the clinic or hospital. Then youâll return home to rest for the remainder of the day. You can usually return to your usual activities the next day.
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Pearls before swine'? Items of quality offered to those who aren't cultured enough to appreciate them. What's the origin of the phrase 'Pearls before swine'? This expression is usually expressed in the negative proverbial form - 'don't cast your pearls before swine', and is found in the Bible, Matthew 7:6, first appearing in English bibles in Tyndale's Bible, 1526: Nether caste ye youre pearles before swyne.