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cobbler, keep to your last

cobbler, keep to your last proverb: one should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

cobbler, keep to your last: one should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business
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Proverb

cobbler, keep to your last

  1. (idiomatic) One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

Synonyms of cobbler, keep to your last

Origin of cobbler, keep to your last

From last (“a tool for shaping shoes”), related to the Latin phrase sutor, ne ultra crepidam.

Questions about cobbler, keep to your last

What does cobbler, keep to your last mean?
Cobbler, keep to your last means one should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
What part of speech is cobbler, keep to your last?
Cobbler, keep to your last is a proverb.

Words near cobbler, keep to your last in the dictionary

  1. cobbled up
  2. cobbler
  3. cobbler's
  4. cobbler's pegs
  5. cobbler's punch
  6. cobbler, keep to your last
  7. cobblerfish
  8. cobblerfishes
  9. cobblers
  10. cobblership
  11. cobblery

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