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1 don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
syn: don't teach fishes to swimяйця курку не вчать діти батька не вчать ≅ не вчи вченого не вчи солов'я співати, а орла літати не вчи орла літати, а рибу плаватиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
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2 don't teach fishes to swim
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > don't teach fishes to swim
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3 an old fox needs not to be taught tricks
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > an old fox needs not to be taught tricks
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4 cooks are not to be taught in their own kitchen
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > cooks are not to be taught in their own kitchen
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5 _навчання; вченість
colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints curiosity killed the cat don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs doubt grows up with knowledge education makes the man every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster example is better than precept example teaches more than precept a handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning he that knows nothing, doubts nothing he knows most who speaks least he who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own he who never learns anything never forgets anything increase your knowledge and you increase your griefs in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is never too late to learn it is a task to learn, but it is much harder to unlearn a learned man is twice born knowledge and wisdom are far from being one knowledge is knowing that we cannot know knowledge is power learn from the mistakes of others a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one a learned man can be appreciated only by another learned man learning is better than house and land learning is the eye of the mind learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse a little learning is a dangerous thing live and learn men learn while they teach money spent on the brain is never spent in vain mother wit is better than book education nature passes nurture no man is born wise or learned old foxes want no tutors soon learnt soon forgotten there is no royal road to learning they that think they know everything, know nothing too much knowledge makes the head bald wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket what is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave wit once bought is worth twice taught years know more than books we can learn only from our betters you can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him thinkEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _навчання; вченість
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6 old foxes want no tutors
syn: an old fox needs learn no craft≅ ученого учити – лише псувати жарт. не вчи кота ученого їсти хліба печеного don't teach your grandmother to suck eggsEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > old foxes want no tutors
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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