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doctors make the worst patients

doctors make the worst patients proverb: it is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

Proverb

doctors make the worst patients

  1. (idiomatic) It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

Questions about doctors make the worst patients

What does doctors make the worst patients mean?
Doctors make the worst patients means it is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
What part of speech is doctors make the worst patients?
Doctors make the worst patients is a proverb.

Words near doctors make the worst patients in the dictionary

  1. Doctorowian
  2. doctors
  3. doctors and engineers
  4. Doctors Flat
  5. Doctors Gap
  6. doctors make the worst patients
  7. Doctors of Arts
  8. Doctors of Humane Letters
  9. Doctors of Musical Arts
  10. Doctors of Philosophy
  11. Doctors of Science

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