# Is there a German equivalent to the phrase “teach your grandmother to suck eggs”?

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> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#):
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> What would be the German-language equivalent

No clue, but in this old thread someone offered a supposed _French_ equivalent:

> [@Why is Grandma so good at sucking eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-grandma-so-good-at-sucking-eggs/76156/7):
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> The French equivalent, as far as I am aware, is ‘The goslings want to lead the geese to pasture’. My copy of ‘Brewers Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable’ fails to give the origin, but my money is on \*Eric Cantona. . . . \*Former Manchester United soccer legend, now a big cheese in beach football.

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