teach grandma how to suck eggs

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First attested circa 18th century, from Spanish: see quotation.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: älä opeta isääsi naimaan — teach an expert
• Finnish: älä opeta isääsi kusemaan — teach an expert
• French: apprendre à un vieux singe à faire des grimaces — teach an expert
• German: das Ei will klüger sein als die Henne — teach an expert
• Greek: έλα παππού μου — teach an expert
• Irish: an t-uan ag múineadh méilí dá mháthair — teach an expert
• Kazakh: дария жанынан құдық қазба (dariä janynan qūdyq qazba) — teach an expert
• Kikuyu: tiga kuonia ngarĩ kũhaica mũtĩ — teach an expert
• Polish: uczyć ojca dzieci robić — teach an expert
• Portuguese: ensinar a missa ao padre — teach an expert
• Portuguese: ensinar a missa ao vigário — teach an expert
• Romanian: vinde castraveți grădinarului — teach an expert
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh — teach an expert
• Spanish: dar clases a tu maestro — teach an expert
• Turkish: tereciye tere satmak — teach an expert
• Vietnamese: múa rìu qua mắt thợ — teach an expert