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| English | Russian |
| don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs | яйца курицу не учат (a younger and less experienced person should not teach an older and more experienced one. used as a refusal to accept advice of a less experienced person) |
| don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs | не учи учёного |
| don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs | учёного учить – только портить |
| don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs | не учи свою бабушку как яйца высасывать |
| shoot one's grandmother | попасть пальцем в небо |
| teach one's grandmother to suck eggs | учёного учить – только портить |