Teach fish how to swim is an idiomatic expression derived from the Latin proverb piscem natare doces. The phrase describes the self-sufficiency of those who know better how to do everything than the experts. It corresponds to the expression, " teaching grandmother to suck eggs". [1] Erasmus attributed the origins of the phrase in his Adagia to Diogenianus. [2]
A corollary idiomatic phrase is part of common usage in Chinese " 班門弄斧" [3]
Teach fish how to swim is an idiomatic expression derived from the Latin proverb piscem natare doces. The phrase describes the self-sufficiency of those who know better how to do everything than the experts. It corresponds to the expression, " teaching grandmother to suck eggs". [1] Erasmus attributed the origins of the phrase in his Adagia to Diogenianus. [2]
A corollary idiomatic phrase is part of common usage in Chinese " 班門弄斧" [3]