Idioms
Idioms can be a powerful linguistic tool only when they are used in the right way in the right places.
Idiom:
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
Meaning:
to try to tell someone with more knowledge than yourself how to do something
Example:
Showing the computer expert how to fix the computer problem was like teaching my grandmother to suck eggs.
List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
Idioms are phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase.