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don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks

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Japanese Meaning
既に十分な経験や知識を持っている人に、基本的なことを教えたり助言したりするのは無意味である。 / 経験豊かな人に対して、余計な基本的な教えをするのは、かえって迷惑であるという戒め。
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彼がベテランの整備士に助言をし始めたとき、私は彼に「年上で経験豊かな人に、既に知っていることを教えようとするな」と言いました。彼女はもう40年もエンジンを修理しているのですから。

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don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks

Alternative form of don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs

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don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks

When he began giving tips to the veteran mechanic, I told him, don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks, since she's been fixing engines for forty years.

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When he began giving tips to the veteran mechanic, I told him, don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks, since she's been fixing engines for forty years.

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