สอนจระเข้ให้ว่ายน้ำ

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (idiom) To try to tell or show someone more knowledgeable or experienced than oneself how to do something, teach grandma how to suck eggs.

Etymology

Compound from Thai สอน (teach, instruct) + Thai จระเข้ (crocodile, alligator, as crocodile, crocodylian, etc)+ Thai ให้ (give, for, to, let)+ Thai ว่าย (swim)+ Thai น้ำ (water, liquid, etc, river, drink, beverage, quality, essence, property, element, paste, content, attribute).

Origin

Thai

น้ำ

Gloss

water, liquid, etc, river, drink, beverage, quality, essence, property, element, paste, content, attribute

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

液

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