كيف تنطق "teach your grandmother to suck eggs"

expression

TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ

TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ

التعريف

To try to teach someone who already knows much more about the subject than you do, often making yourself look foolish.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈtitʃ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈɡɹændˌməðɝ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈsək/ /ˈɛɡz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

tˈiːtʃ/ /jˈɔː/ /ɡɹˈændmʌðɐ/ /tˈuː/ /sˈʌk/ /ˈɛɡz

أمريكي

TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ

بريطاني

TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ

Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. She already knows how to do it perfectly.

He tried to teach his grandmother to suck eggs by giving cooking tips to the master chef.

If you explain grammar rules to a teacher, you might just teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

Look, I don’t want to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, but maybe double-check the recipe?