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1 pacierz
m (christian) prayer- odmówić a. zmówić pacierz za duszę ojca to say a prayer for the soul of one’s father- bezmyślnie klepać pacierze to rattle off one’s prayers- znać a. umieć coś jak pacierz to know sth by heart* * *-a, -e; gen pl -y; m* * *miGen. -a1. prayer; zmówić pacierz say one's prayers; nie ucz księdza pacierza przen. don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs; jak amen w pacierzu sure as eggs are eggs.2. przest. spine, backbone.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > pacierz
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2 uczyć
1. (-ę, -ysz); perf; na-; vt 2. viuczyć (kogoś) matematyki/polskiego — to teach (sb) mathematics/Polish
* * *ipf.teach ( kogoś czegoś sb sth); uczyć w szkole teach at school, be a teacher; doświadczenie uczy, że... experience teaches that...; ja cię nauczę! pot. I'll teach you a lesson!; nie ucz ojca dzieci robić pot. don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.ipf.(= przyswajać wiedzę) learn, study; uczyć się dobrze/źle be a good/bad student; uczyć się do egzaminu study for an exam; Br. t. revise for an exam; uczyć się na piątki be an A student; uczyć się na trójki be an average student, be a C student; uczyć się na własnych/czyichś błędach learn from one's/sb's mistakes; uczyć się na kogoś pot. study to be sb; uczyć się na pamięć learn by heart.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > uczyć
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teach one's grandmother to suck eggs — ► teach one s grandmother to suck eggs presume to advise a more experienced person. Main Entry: ↑grandmother … English terms dictionary
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs — presume to advise a more experienced person. → grandmaster … English new terms dictionary
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs — Offer advice to an older, wiser, senior person, esp. in his own expertise … A concise dictionary of English slang
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs — presume to advise a more experienced person … Useful english dictionary
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
grandmother — ► NOUN ▪ the mother of one s father or mother. ● teach one s grandmother to suck eggs Cf. ↑teach one s grandmother to suck eggs … English terms dictionary
suck — /sʌk / (say suk) verb (t) 1. to draw into the mouth by action of the lips and tongue which produces a partial vacuum: to suck lemonade through a straw. 2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by any process resembling this: plants suck up… …
grandmother — /ˈgrænmʌðə / (say granmudhuh), /ˈgrænd / (say grand ) noun 1. the mother of one s father or mother. 2. Aboriginal English a woman of one s parents parents generation, especially a biological grandmother or one of her sisters. –phrase 3. just what …
grandmother — n. a female grandparent. Phrases and idioms: grandmother clock a clock like a grandfather clock but in a smaller case. teach one s grandmother to suck eggs presume to advise a more experienced person. Derivatives: grandmotherly adj … Useful english dictionary
grandmother — noun the mother of one s father or mother. Phrases teach one s grandmother to suck eggs presume to advise a more experienced person. Derivatives grandmotherly adjective … English new terms dictionary
eggs — See teach one s grandmother to suck eggs … A concise dictionary of English slang