КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «TEACH ONE'S GRANDMOTHER TO SUCK EGGS»
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... a tide of vending machines. teach an old dog new tricks teach one's
grandmother to suck eggs teach an old dog new tricks is used to say that old
people can hardly be expected to learn anything new: This computer is far too
difficult for me.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
They are all tarred with one brush — all stuffed with a heap of lies. teach one's
grandmother to suck eggs i tregon (i rrefen) babit arat, hajde baba te te tregoj arat
(vreshtin) □ Would the house accord him its 'customary indulgence', or would it ...
... won't I? a nest-egg see nest. put all one's eggs in one basket to depend
entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than
one job — don't put all your eggs in one basket. teach one's grandmother to suck
eggs ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1663 (SOD). 'An old Woman, also a Grandmother' (BE) —-2. 'Conceit of superior
knowledge': low:—1851: ob. (Mayhew.)?ex teach one's grandmother to suck
eggs.—3. A badly tied knot apt to jam: nautical: ca. 1860. Abbr. granny's knot.~—-
4.
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A Dictionary of Proverbs
The metaphorical phrase to teach one's grandmother (to suck eggs) is also found
. 1707J. STEVENS tr. Quevedo's Comical WorksIV. 403 You would have me
teach my Grandame to suck Eggs. 1738SWIFTPolite Conversation i. 57 'I'll mend
it, ...
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Mongolian English Dictionary
AAB Dad, Father, 631pr ~ grandiather, xofm ~ stepiather, aannaa anraii anaxstr
aaax to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, aanbnui 6am: to be in goal,
aanbm 6yfin xYI-n'ai TaHI/IJILIBHQ ar'rbm 6y17m raaap Y3 (aanbm 6min yypra
6apb, ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... won't I? a nest-egg see nest. put all one's eggs in one basket to depend
entirely on the success of one scheme, plan etc: You should apply for more than
one job — don't put all your eggs in one basket. teach one's grandmother to suck
eggs ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz,
1993
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs ttPJifJr (That fellow is always telling me
how to study English; that's like teaching his grandmother to suck eggs ! S|5fiH^
to teach school trt ! ft* (I want to teach school when I grow up. «£*«g#-45»6if ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... all his eggs in one basket when he invested all his money in one firm. teach
one's grandmother to suck eggs ( inf) to try to show someone more experienced
than oneself how to do something: /f was a case of him teaching his grandmother
to ...
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Sugar and Spice... Exploring Food and Drink Idioms in English
... TAKE THE BREAD OUT OF SOMEBODY'S MOUTH , TURN OUT CRABS ,
TEACH ONE'S GRANDMOTHER TO SUCK EGGS , WALK ON EGGS , MAKE
FISH OF ONE AND FLESH OF ANOTHER , GET/HAVE ONE'S GRUEL , SHARE/
SLICE ...