Meaning of ensinar a un pai a facer fillos | Babel Free

Definitions

used when somebody tries to teach something to someone who is, or presumes to be, experienced

idiomatic

Examples

“"Vas ensinar a un pai a facer fillos!", emprégase cando alguén pretende dar leccións a outro que sabe mais diso ca el: "Hai vinte anos que conduzo e ti quéresme aprender a colle-las curvas, vaslle ensinar a un pai a facer fillos!"”

"Vas ensinar a un pai a facer fillos!", it is used when someone wants to lesson other who is more knowledgeable than him or her: "I've been driving for twenty years and now you want to teach me how to drive through curves... you're going to teach a father to make children!"

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