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teaches grandma how to suck eggs

teaches grandma how to suck eggs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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: teaches Grandma how to suck eggs

teaches Grandma how to suck eggs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of teach Grandma how to suck eggs

Questions about teaches grandma how to suck eggs

What is teaches grandma how to suck eggs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Teaches grandma how to suck eggs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of teach grandma how to suck eggs.
What part of speech is teaches grandma how to suck eggs?
Teaches grandma how to suck eggs is a verb.

Words near teaches grandma how to suck eggs in the dictionary

  1. teachership
  2. teacherships
  3. teachery
  4. teaches
  5. teaches away
  6. teaches grandma how to suck eggs
  7. teaches grandma to suck eggs
  8. teaches someone a lesson
  9. teaches someone who's the boss
  10. teaches the controversy
  11. teachest

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