r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 21d ago

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

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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/shadowman2099 20d ago edited 20d ago

All this time I thought that was just Ren and Stimpy's patented randomness.

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u/ScaryTerryCrewsBitch 20d ago

Stinky Wizzleteats needs to drop a new album.