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'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!'

Posted by Peter gregory March 04, 2000In reply to 'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!' posted by Rai on March 03, 2000

What's the ORIGIN of

'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!'

Where did that phrase come from.

thanks

grandma in the 1800 and earlier had no teeth and the possible the only way to have food was either liquids or suck on eggs