สอนจระเข้ว่ายน้ำ

Teach grandmother to suck eggs.

สอนจระเข้
สอน
sŏn จระเข้
jor-rá-kây ว่ายน้ำ
wâai náam

Vocabulary

sŏn = teach

jor-rá-kây = a crocodile

wâai náam = swim

Literal Meaning

Teaching a crocodile to swim

English Proverb

Teach grandmother to suck eggs.

Explanation

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What can be a more ridiculous waste of time than trying to teach someone something that they are proficient in already, especially if they have more expertise than we do. The crocodile is a truly expert swimmer – he has to be to live! He is much better at it than people and so a person attempting to teach a crocodile to swim, is not only very dangerous, but a total waste of time. This saying therefore means to try to teach someone something at which they are already an expert.

Example

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ทั้งๆที่รู้อยู่ว่าเขามีผู้หญิงเยอะแต่ก็ยังจะมาถามผมเรื่องจีบสาว ผมไม่อยากสอนจระเข้ว่ายน้ำ

táng táng têe  rúu yùu  wâa  kăo  mee  pûu yĭng yúh dtàe kăo yang  jà  maa  tăam  pŏm  rêuang  jèep  săao pŏm mâi  yàak  sŏn jor-rá-kây  wâai nám

Somsri is teaching Somchai who is the national swimming team to preform the butterfly stroke. She is teaching her grandmother to suck eggs.