英语词汇teach your grandmother to suck eggs的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

teach your grandmother to suck eggs. Someone who says “Trying to teach him how to swim is like trying to teach your grandmother to suck eggs” is saying that the whole idea is ri- diculous because he knew how to swim well long before you were born. Most country grandmothers knew how to suck eggs in days past—poking two small holes in the shell and sucking out the contents through a straw while leaving the shell intact. Today not many grandmothers suck eggs, but people still use the expression, first recorded in the early 18th century.

词汇	teach your grandmother to suck eggs
词源	teach your grandmother to suck eggs. Someone who says “Trying to teach him how to swim is like trying to teach your grandmother to suck eggs” is saying that the whole idea is ri- diculous because he knew how to swim well long before you were born. Most country grandmothers knew how to suck eggs in days past—poking two small holes in the shell and sucking out the contents through a straw while leaving the shell intact. Today not many grandmothers suck eggs, but people still use the expression, first recorded in the early 18th century.
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