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Spanish
Etymology
An anecdote attributed to Apelles; When a cobbler commented on his mistakes in painting a shoe, Apelles made the corrections that very night; the next morning the cobbler noticed the changes, and proud of his effect on the artist's work began to criticize how Apelles portrayed the leg—whereupon Apelles emerged from his hiding-place to state: Ne sutor ultra crepidam—"Let the shoemaker venture no further."
Phrase
zapatero, a tus zapatos
- (idiomatic) cobbler, keep to your last (used to criticize someone who opines about a subject without knowing it)
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