don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs

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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"

Proverb

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs

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

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