don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks
Alternative form of don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
ADJ
fresh
curdled, off, sour
I left the milk in the car all afternoon and it went sour.
full-cream, full-fat, whole | low-fat, semi-skimmed | non-fat, skimmed | creamy | cold, warm | cow's, goat's, etc. | breast | baby, formula | coconut, soya
condensed, evaporated
My grandmother added evaporated milk to her coffee every morning.
dried, powdered | pasteurized, unpasteurized | homogenized | long-life, UHT | organic
QUANT
litre, pint | bottle, carton, cup, glass, jug
VERB + MILK
drink, have, take
She always drinks milk with her breakfast cereal every morning.
add | pour | spill
deliver
The milkman used to deliver milk to our house every morning before sunrise.
boil, heat, scald | produce
express
His wife expressed milk before going back to work so the baby could be fed during the day.
MILK + NOUN
powder | pudding, shake (also milkshake) | chocolate | product | bottle, churn, jug | production, yield | float, round
PHRASES
the top of the milk