Cómo Pronunciar "teach your grandmother to suck eggs"
expression
TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ
TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ
Definición
To try to teach someone who already knows much more about the subject than you do, often making yourself look foolish.
Transcripción IPA
Inglés Americano
ˈtitʃ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈɡɹændˌməðɝ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈsək/ /ˈɛɡz
Inglés Británico
tˈiːtʃ/ /jˈɔː/ /ɡɹˈændmʌðɐ/ /tˈuː/ /sˈʌk/ /ˈɛɡz
Pronunciación Simplificada
EE.UU.
TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ
UK
TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ
Escucha en Contexto
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?