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This proverb is used to describe a situation where an inexperienced person or a novice tries to give advice or teach someone who is far more experienced and knowledgeable than them. It highlights the irony and absurdity of someone trying to teach a basic, natural, or long-practiced skill to a veteran.

This proverb describes a scenario where someone is tasked with something impossible or extremely difficult given their current limitations. Sesame seeds are tiny and require dexterity to pick up; asking someone without fingers to eat them highlights a futile, frustrating, or mocking effort.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone is being taught or assigned a task that is impossible for them to perform due to their inherent limitations or lack of tools. Since sesame seeds are tiny and difficult to pick up even with fingers, teaching someone without fingers to eat them represents a futile or cruel endeavor.

This suggests that an experienced person does not need advice on how to go about doing things. Coughing is natural for the old. They do not need to be taught. Attempting to teach them is absurd. b

This proverb is used to describe a situation where an inexperienced person tries to give advice or instructions to someone who is much more experienced and knowledgeable in that specific field. It highlights the irony and absurdity of someone with lesser experience trying to teach a veteran.

This expression is used when someone tries to use the same tricks, tactics, or logic against the person who originally taught them those very things. It is often said sarcastically when a student or subordinate attempts to outsmart their mentor or superior using the mentor's own methods.

This proverb is used to describe a situation where someone tries to give advice or teach a skill to a person who is already far more experienced or an expert in that specific area. It highlights the irony or absurdity of a novice attempting to educate a master.

This proverb describes a situation where there is absolutely no logical connection between a cause and an effect. It is used to mock someone who tries to link two unrelated events or when someone reacts to something that has no impact on them whatsoever.

This is a rhetorical question used to describe a situation where someone tries to teach a professional or an expert the very basics of their own craft. It implies that the person is already highly experienced and it is foolish or redundant to offer them elementary advice or instructions.

This proverb is used when someone tries to teach an expert or an elder something they are already very familiar with or have mastered. It is equivalent to the English idiom 'Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.'