Zenobius 3.30
You teach a dolphin to swim
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English
Proverb
You teach a dolphin to swim
Explanation
of those who try to drill someone in the very things at which he is practised.
Greek
Proverb
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται.
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0098.tlg001.1st1K-grc1:3.30