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One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shoemaker, stick to your last
Antonyms: none provided
From last (“a tool for shaping shoes”), related to the Latin phrase sutor, ne ultra crepidam.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
skomager, bliv ved din læst
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Dutch:
schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Finnish:
suutari pysyköön lestissään
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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French:
chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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German:
Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Hungarian:
a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Italian:
non ti allargare
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Latin:
sutor, ne ultra crepidam
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Norwegian Bokmål:
skomaker, bli ved din lest
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Polish:
szewcze, pilnuj kopyta
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Spanish:
zapatero, a tus zapatos
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Sranan Tongo:
obia a no fu yu, no spiti na ini
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
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Swedish:
skomakare, bliv vid din läst
— do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise
