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.

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