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taught grandma how to suck eggs

taught grandma how to suck eggs is the simple past and past participle of teach grandma how to suck eggs.

Meaning of teach grandma how to suck eggs

Verb

teach grandma how to suck eggs (third-person singular simple present teaches grandma how to suck eggs, present participle teaching grandma how to suck eggs, simple past and past participle taught grandma how to suck eggs)

  1. (idiomatic) To tell an expert how to do things.
    • Madam, reply’d Joler, you would have me teach my Grandame to ſuck Eggs, or ſet up for a Lent Preacher.[1707, Francisco de Quevedo, translated by John Stevens, “The Dog and the Fever: An Unaccountable Novel: or, A Rapsody”, in The Comical Works of Don Francisco de Quevedo, […], London: […] John...

Verb capitalized: taught Grandma how to suck eggs

taught Grandma how to suck eggs

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of teach Grandma how to suck eggs

Questions about taught grandma how to suck eggs

What is taught grandma how to suck eggs the simple past and past participle of?
Taught grandma how to suck eggs is the simple past and past participle of teach grandma how to suck eggs.
What part of speech is taught grandma how to suck eggs?
Taught grandma how to suck eggs is a verb.

Words near taught grandma how to suck eggs in the dictionary

  1. Taugers
  2. Taugetus
  3. Taughannock
  4. taught
  5. taught away
  6. taught grandma how to suck eggs
  7. taught grandma to suck eggs
  8. taught someone a lesson
  9. taught someone who was the boss
  10. taught the controversy
  11. taughte

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