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The expression is: Do not teach your grandmother to suck eggs. It means Do not presume to instruct an adept. In the days before toothpaste, flossing and dentures were common, many elders had no teeth. Toothless grannies all knew perfectly well how to suck an egg for nourishment.

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The expression is: Do not teach your grandmother to suck eggs. It means Do not presume to instruct an adept. In the days before toothpaste, flossing and dentures were common, many elders had no teeth. Toothless grannies all knew perfectly well how to suck an egg for nourishment.

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The idiom is "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs." It already is a sentence. The meaning is that your elders have already learned anything you have, so don't think you're smarter than they are. You don't need another sentence except the one above.

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"Sucking" an egg means to make two holes in the shell and suck the raw egg out through one of them (the other one is for ventilation).

There is another phrase, "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs," which means "Don't try to show off what you think you know to someone who actually has more wisdom."

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To suck eggs is like to do something really simple. For example sucking eggs. Which is not common any more but must have been when this expression was created. Today it would be like teaching your grandson how to send a SMS or Text Message. The idea is that the person, in this case the Grand mother, would already know how to do it.

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You don;t need eggs for most biscuits and pastries.

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This phrase is used to suggest that someone is trying to teach something to someone who already knows it. It generally has a negative connotation as it implies the listener is being patronized or underestimated. It may not be well-received in a conversation, as it can come across as disrespectful.

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