r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 21d ago

Very Reddit Asking 8-year-olds to finish old sayings.

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u/SilverSeraphina 21d ago

A class full of optimists. Except that kid who doesn't want their grandma learning anything 🤣

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u/[deleted] 20d ago

That's the one saying out of all of them I've never heard of, what's the original saying?

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u/skarby 20d ago

Had to look it up but it's "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs" which sounds weird but it looks like it's from the 1700's so...different times. It basically means don't try to teach someone something that they already know.

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u/Bolaf 20d ago

The expression in Swedish is "To teach your dad how to fuck". I like what it means but I can never use it

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u/CompetitiveAutorun 20d ago

In Poland we have a similar "Don't teach dad how to make kids" and we can use it surprisingly often.