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proverb

ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces

/sə n‿ɛ pa a œ̃ vjø sɛ̃ʒ k‿ɔ̃.n‿a.pʁɑ̃ a fɛʁ de ɡʁi.mas/

proverb/sə n‿ɛ pa a œ̃ vjø sɛ̃ʒ k‿ɔ̃.n‿a.pʁɑ̃ a fɛʁ de ɡʁi.mas/

don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs

Literally, “it is not to an old monkey that one teaches to make faces”.