Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 140. The proverb today is don't
teach Grandma to suck eggs. Yeah . It sounds very funny and a little strange too. But
let's look at the note here. The proverb basically means don't try to give advice
to someone who has a lot more experience than you do. You know, at a particular
thing. So if they're like an expert at it or they're a professional at it, you
shouldn't be giving them advice. At least at that thing. Okay. Let's continue here.
The earliest citing of this proverb was from a John Stevens translation of
"Quevedo's Comical Works" in 1707. Yes. So I think this guy was a captain. He was very
famous for a lot of translations from a lot of Spanish works. So this originally
was written in Spanish. The translated quote was "You would have me teach my
Grandma to suck eggs. " And they say this phrase ended up becoming very common in
England for a long time too. All right. So I don't know it's a little weird. It goes
all the way back to the seventeen hundreds. Maybe in the 1700s or 1600s
maybe people really did suck eggs. Or maybe they put a little hole on each end
and they sucked it out. And you know maybe grandma would have a lot more
experience at this than somebody else. So but anyway that's how the phrase came
about. It sounds strange today because people don't suck eggs
anymore. We crack eggs. We cook eggs but we don't usually suck eggs. So or suck
raw eggs anymore. But anyway. Let's, let's look at a couple
of examples we have here. You shouldn't be giving your lawyer legal advice. Don't
teach Grandma to suck eggs. Okay or number two.
Telling that artist how to paint is insulting to him. Don't teach Grandma to
suck eggs. Okay. Anyway this is just the way you might hear it. Anyway, I hope it
was informative. I hope you got it. Thank you for your time. Bye bye.