"teach your grandmother to suck eggs" 怎么发音
expression
TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ
TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ
释义
To try to teach someone who already knows much more about the subject than you do, often making yourself look foolish.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈtitʃ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈɡɹændˌməðɝ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈsək/ /ˈɛɡz
英式英语
tˈiːtʃ/ /jˈɔː/ /ɡɹˈændmʌðɐ/ /tˈuː/ /sˈʌk/ /ˈɛɡz
简化发音
美式
TEECH yor GRAN-muh-thur tu SUK EGZ
英式
TEECH yaw GRAND-muh-thuh too SUK EGZ
语境中听
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?