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1 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Пословица: Не учи ученогоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
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2 don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Пословица: Не учи ученогоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
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3 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
<01> Не учи свою бабушку как яйца высасывать (Яйца курицу не учат). Proverb (Пословица).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
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4 Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Яйца курицу не учат.English-Russian Idioms illustrated collection > Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
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5 яйцо
ср. egg;
ovum биол. сварить яйцо всмятку ≈ to boil an egg lightly яйцо вкрутую, крутое яйцо ≈ hard-boiled egg сварить яйцо вкрутую ≈ to boil an egg hard яйца из-под курицы ≈ new-laid eggs вареное яйцо ≈ boiled egg гусиное яйцо ≈ goose-egg тухлое яйцо ≈ bad/rotten egg яйцо всмятку ≈ soft-boiled/lightly-boiled egg яйцо в мешочек ≈ medium-timed egg нести яйца ≈ to lay eggs сидеть на яйцах ≈ to be hatching, brood, sit ( on eggs) яйца курицу не учат ≈ don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs выеденного яйца не стоить ≈ not to be worth beans, not to be worth a damn -
6 курица
жен.;
мн. куры hen;
chicken (кушанье) ноская курица ≈ good layer сажать курицу на яйца ≈ to set a hen on eggs яйца курицу не учат ≈ don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs мокрая курица разг. ≈ milksop курам на смех денег куры не клюют -
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Ⅰegg [eg]1. n1) яйцо́;soft(-boiled) egg, lightly boiled egg яйцо́ всмя́тку
;hard-boiled egg круто́е яйцо́
;ham and eggs яи́чница с ветчино́й
2) биол. яйцекле́тка3) воен. жарг. бо́мба; грана́та◊in the egg в зача́точном состоя́нии
;to crush in the egg подави́ть в заро́дыше, пресе́чь в ко́рне
;a bad egg разг.
а) непутёвый, никуды́шный челове́к;б) неуда́чная зате́я;a good egg разг.
а) молоде́ц, молодчи́на!;б) отли́чная шту́ка!;don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs ≅ не учи́ учёного; я́йца ку́рицу не у́чат
2. v1) сма́зывать яйцо́м2) забра́сывать ту́хлыми я́йцамиⅡegg [eg] vнау́ськивать, подстрека́ть (тж. egg on)
См. также в других словарях:
don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs — A caution against offering advice to someone wiser and more experienced than oneself. The metaphorical phrase to teach one’s grandmother (to suck eggs) is also found. 1707 J. STEVENS tr. Quevedo’s Comical Works IV. 403 You would have me teach my… … Proverbs new dictionary
teach your grandmother to suck eggs — When people say don t teach your grandmother to suck eggs , they mean that people shouldn t try to teach someone who has experience or is an expert in that area … The small dictionary of idiomes
teach your grandmother to suck eggs — When people say don t teach your grandmother to suck eggs , they mean that people shouldn t try to teach someone who has experience or is an expert in that area. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs — do not tell me what I know, do not say what is obvious You, a history major, telling me, a war veteran, about war? Don t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs! … English idioms
teach — see you can’t teach an old dog new tricks don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs he who can, does; he who cannot, teaches … Proverbs new dictionary
suck — see don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs … Proverbs new dictionary
grandmother — see don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs … Proverbs new dictionary
teach — /ti:tS/ past tense and past participle taught verb 1 SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC (I, T) to give lessons in a school, college, or university: Guy s been teaching in France for 3 years now. | teach English/mathematics/history etc: Janet teaches science at a … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
egg — see as good be an addled egg as an idle bird the same fire that melts the butter hardens the egg you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs there is reason in the roasting of eggs don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs … Proverbs new dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium