釈迦に説法

しゃかにせっぽう

Meanings

1. Expression teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir (literally: lecturing to the Buddha)

Kanji

• 釈 interpret
• 迦 (used phonetically)
• 説 explain. Read as セツ.
• 法 law. Read as ホウ.

Example sentences

• それは釈迦に説法というもの。
  That's like carrying coals to Newcastle.
• 釈迦に説法。
  Don't teach fish to swim.

Word lists

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