English Explanatory Dictionary

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Don't presume to give advice to those who are more experienced.

Word forms

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs

Etymology

From a 1707 translation by John Stevens of comical works of Francisco de Quevedo (1580 – 1645). "You would have me teach my Grandame to suck Eggs"

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