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  What it means

  It has never happened that an egg taught the hen. The young and inexperienced should not presume to instruct their elders.

  English equivalent

  Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.

  Vocabulary

  • jajko — egg
  • kura — hen
  • uczyło — taught (past tense, neuter)
  Intermediate

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