Яйца курицу не учат
With accent marks:
Я́йца ку́рицу не у́чат.
Translation:
Eggs don't teach the chicken.
Meaning:
The meaning of this proverb is simple: an inexperienced person can not teach anything the experienced one. You can often hear that from parents talking to their children.
Other Russian proverbs
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Бесплатный сыр только в мышеловке
Free cheese is only in a mousetrap.
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Laws are not written for fools.
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A wolf is fed by his legs
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать
Better to see once than hear a hundred times.
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Some to the forest, some for firewood.
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Beast runs towards the hunter.
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В чужом глазу соринку видим, а в своём бревна не замечаем
Оne sees the mote in another's eye and ignores the log in his own.
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