You're teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, Ted. I've been playing this game since before you were born!
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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 — 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 — 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 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 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 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 one's grandmother to suck eggs — presume to advise a more experienced person. → grandmaster … English new terms dictionary
teach your grandmother to suck eggs — British informal to tell someone how to do something when they can already easily do it … English 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
