Sentence examples similar to suck egg from inspiring English sources

You can't teach Newt Gingrich how to suck eggs.

"That would be teaching my grandmother to suck eggs".

Everyone knows you can't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

It is teaching a grandmother to suck eggs, and is a further example of the way in which some digital missionaries overplay the significance of the new tools, investing them with a mystical quality.

Without wishing to teach a publicist how to suck eggs, I'd focus all energies on negotiating a late contract clause stipulating no publicity shots can feature Kevin in a towel.

We give the players information about opponents and their strengths but we don't go into that sort of detail where we say: 'Be careful here'‚ because that would be teaching my grandmother how to suck eggs.

Getting back to weasels, my dictionary informs me that using "weasel" as an insult (a "weasel word") stems from the critter's propensity to suck eggs.

Around this time Haynes collaborated with Ministry, contributing vocals on their 1991 single "Jesus Built My Hotrod", which was later included on 1992's Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs.

I'm not going to sit here and teach you how to suck eggs because you know why he is so good: his strength, technique, passing, shooting and energy.

Time management seemed a bit like being taught to suck eggs, but actually had some useful parts I can remember.

Interviewees commented on the need for training on quality-of-care issues to be accessible to all board members and tailored to avoid some participants feeling overwhelmed while others were "being taught to suck eggs" (chair, metropolitan).