Tim Moore wrote: > I think you misunderstand the sense of the idiom "teaching your grandmother > to > suck eggs." It implies nothing about the maturity of the "teacher." Vivian > meant > that you were treating him like a child -- that's the teaching an elderly > person > to suck eggs part -- but I think between his smiley and his "I know that you > are > I'm still not completely convinced, but not being a native English speaker I'll take your word for it. I'm sorry about it then, but could we please leave these kind of expressions out of the discussion in the future; being personal like this without being 100% sure the other side knows exactly what is meant can set bad blood. Again, sorry for the reaction.
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