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Meaning of don't knock it till you've tried it | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

One should not criticise or dismiss something before one has experienced it.

informal

Equivalents

Español no lo critiqués sin intentarlo no lo descartés hasta que lo probés no lo juzgués sin que lo hayás probado

Examples

“Brenda snagged an extra peeler from the drawer and sat at the table with Jill. “I don't know why anyone would want to live in New York City.” “Don't knock it till you've tried it, Brenda,” Carly said, adding a dash of salt to the Waldorf salad.”

“That's right: peanut butter. I'm not going to get enthusiastic like some off-Broadway choreographer expostulating on sexual preferences—“don't knock it till you've tried it!”—but don't knock it till you've tried it. The Smokey Bar! calls it the PBJ for reasons that have nothing to do with jelly.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

don't knock yourself out don't let the bedbugs bite don't let the door hit you on the way out don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't look at me don't look now