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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cobbler, keep to your last en · X

Etymology

From last (“a tool for shaping shoes”), related to the Latin phrase sutor, ne ultra crepidam.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

Relateds

ultracrepidarian · horses for courses · stick to one's last · stick to one's knitting

Synonyms

shoemaker, stick to your last

Translations (13)

fi suutari pysyköön lestissään (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · srn obia a no fu yu, no spiti na ini (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · nb skomaker, bli ved din lest (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · da skomager, bliv ved din læst (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · hu a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · it non ti allargare (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · pl szewcze, pilnuj kopyta (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · de Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · la sutor, ne ultra crepidam (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · nl schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · sv skomakare, bliv vid din läst (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · fr chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise) · es zapatero, a tus zapatos (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise)

wikipedia: last · wikipedia: sutor, ne ultra crepidam