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jmdict 2093310 Active (id: 2055955)
釈迦に説法
【 しゃかにせっぽう 】
1. [exp] [id]
▶ teaching your grandmother to suck eggs
▶ teaching something to someone who knows more than you
▶ preaching to the choir
▶ [lit] lecturing to the Buddha



History:
6. A 2020-01-11 10:28:23  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
5. A 2013-09-16 16:52:36  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2013-09-16 04:09:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Came up on the Translators' FB page.
  Diff: 
@@ -14,0 +14,1 @@
+<gloss>preaching to the choir</gloss>
3. A 2010-11-27 06:59:54  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2010-11-27 00:08:46  Scott
  Diff: 
@@ -13,2 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>expression meaning teaching something to someone who knows more than you</gloss>
-<gloss>lit: lecturing to the Buddha</gloss>
+<gloss>teaching something to someone who knows more than you</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">lecturing to the Buddha</gloss>
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