英语词汇“to teach one's granny to suck eggs”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to teach one's granny to suck eggs

P1. In proverbial phrases. Chiefly in to teach one's granny to suck eggs: see egg n. 4b. Cf. grandam n. Phrases.

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1659 [see sense 1b].

1793 W. T. Fitzgerald in European Mag. 23 xxvi. 387 Go teach your granny.

1845 London Jrnl. 1 191 Now they are taught to teach their grannies how to suck eggs.

1905 Secret Service 8 Sept. 17/1 ‘Ah, teach your granny how to suck eggs,’ sneered Gus. ‘Don't you suppose I know my business, Hibb Tolland?’

1984 B. Mac Laverty Cal 22 Are you teaching your granny to suck eggs?

1994 C. Cookson Tinker's Girl (1995) i. iii. 67 You're telling your granny how to suck eggs.

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单词	to teach one's granny to suck eggs
释义	> as lemmas to teach one's granny to suck eggs P1. In proverbial phrases. Chiefly in to teach one's granny to suck eggs: see egg n. 4b. Cf. grandam n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1659 [see sense 1b]. 1793 W. T. Fitzgerald in European Mag. 23 xxvi. 387 Go teach your granny. 1845 London Jrnl. 1 191 Now they are taught to teach their grannies how to suck eggs. 1905 Secret Service 8 Sept. 17/1 ‘Ah, teach your granny how to suck eggs,’ sneered Gus. ‘Don't you suppose I know my business, Hibb Tolland?’ 1984 B. Mac Laverty Cal 22 Are you teaching your granny to suck eggs? 1994 C. Cookson Tinker's Girl (1995) i. iii. 67 You're telling your granny how to suck eggs. extracted from grannyn. < as lemmas
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