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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 — 1. To presume to teach someone older and wiser than oneself 2. To teach someone something that he or she knows already • • • Main Entry: ↑egg * * * teach your grandmother to suck eggs british informal phrase to tell someone how to do something… …   Useful english dictionary

• teach your grandmother to suck eggs — teach (your) grandmother to suck eggs British & Australian to give advice to someone about a subject that they already know more about than you. You re teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, Ted. I ve been playing this game since before you were …   New idioms 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

• 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 */*/ — UK [ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌðə(r)] / US [ˈɡræn(d)ˌmʌðər] noun [countable] Word forms grandmother : singular grandmother plural grandmothers the mother of one of your parents. You are her granddaughter or grandson. You usually call your grandmother gran or… …   English dictionary

• grandmother — grand|moth|er [ græn,mʌðər ] noun count ** the mother of one of your parents. You are her granddaughter or grandson. You usually call your grandmother granny or grandma …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• grandmother — [[t]græ̱nmʌðə(r)[/t]] grandmothers N FAMILY Your grandmother is the mother of your father or mother. My grandmothers are both widows …   English dictionary

• grandmother — see don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs …   Proverbs new dictionary