Teach granney to suck eggs

It was such a commonplace procedure then that to "teach your grandmother to suck eggs" was like a child trying to teach as new something the grandmother well knew how to do. This proverb was used in Latin literature to condemn the presumption of stupid and ignorant people who would undertake to instruct those from whom they themselves should take instruction. You also do this after you've finished dyeing the egg; otherwise, it just floats on top of the dye. The English language is forever changing. Callithumpian Callithumpian 24k 7 7 gold badges 69 69 silver badges bronze badges. Add teach your grandmother to suck eggs to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Question feed.

According to my grandmother…. Minerva was her Roman equivalent. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Categories : Metaphors referring to food and drink English-language idioms. Views Read Edit View history. Nest egg: The meaning of this term has changed a lot over the years. Grandmothers obviously needed no instruction about how to drink them.

The View. Very interesting, thank you! Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs is an English language saying that refers to a person giving advice to another person in a subject with which the other person is already familiar and probably more so than the first person. English idiom. Said when subiects gouerne their Princes, children their parents, meane men the Magistrates, and seruants or schollers their maisters; and is a note as well of weakenesse in the Geese, as of sawcinesse in the Goslings.