teach grandma how to suck eggs
To tell an expert how to do things.
Madam, reply’d Joler, you would have me teach my Grandame to ſuck Eggs, or ſet up for a Lent Preacher.
suck
/sʌk/
noun 5verb 5
Collocations
6(verb.)
ADV
noisily
The child noisily sucked on the lollipop while watching cartoons.
away, in, out, up
The child sucked in her cheeks to make a funny face for the camera.
PREP
at
The baby sucked at her bottle while sitting in the high chair.
from
The vacuum cleaner sucks dust from under the sofa.
into, on
The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dust and dirt from the carpet.
out of, through
Definitions
noun
1
An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”
2
Milk drawn from the breast.
The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.
3
An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.
4
The ability to suck; suction.
Vacuum for the park Mosuc is a street and park vacuum cleaner which its designers, Hollowell Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, like to claim has more suck than most[.]
[D]rop the head for less suck or raise it for more. A plow should not have too much suck or it will run on its nose in hard land and put unnecessary weight.
5
A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
Marvelous stories were told of "the suck" in early times. It was said that the water was so compressed that it would bear an ax.
verb
1
To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.
2
To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
3
To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
4
To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed.
5
To inhale (air), to draw (breath).
And ſince we all haue ſuckt on[e] wholſome aire, / And with the ſame proportion of Elements, / Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, / Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
suck face
To kiss, especially deeply and for a prolonged time.
We would wrap our arms around each other and suck face like orangutans in his little red Fiero.
suck in
To draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, in.
This is the component of the vacuum cleaner that sucks in dust.
suck donkey balls
To be terrible, of extremely poor quality.
suck it up
To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.
Example Bank
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Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”
Wiktionary02
The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.
Wiktionary03
On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.
Wiktionary04
The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.
Wiktionary05
That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed.
Wiktionary06
And ſince we all haue ſuckt on[e] wholſome aire, / And with the ſame proportion of Elements, / Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, / Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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