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don't knock it till you've tried it en · X

Meanings

1. (informal) One should not criticize or dismiss something before one has experienced it.
   • Try to wear a face without no passion / Masquerade around like love's old fashioned / Just because it's not something you got / Don't knock it till you've tried it 1981, Ashford & Simpson, “It Shows In the Eyes”, in Performance:
   • Brenda snagged an extra peeler from the drawer and sat at the table with Jill. “I don't know why anyone would want to live in New York City.” “Don't knock it till you've tried it, Brenda,” Carly said, adding a dash of salt to the Waldorf salad. 2014, Jamie Denton, Breaking the Rules, Harlequin, →ISBN:
   • That's right: peanut butter. I'm not going to get enthusiastic like some off-Broadway choreographer expostulating on sexual preferences—“don't knock it till you've tried it!”—but don't knock it till you've tried it. The Smokey Bar! calls it the PBJ for reasons that have nothing to do with jelly. 2020, Jason Peters, The Culinary Plagiarist: (Mis)Adventures of a Lusty, Thieving, God-Fearing Gourmand, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN:

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Relateds

sour grapes

Translations (4)

es no lo descartés hasta que lo probés (Translations) · es no lo juzgués sin que lo hayás probado (Translations) · es no lo critiqués sin intentarlo (Translations) · es no lo menospreciés sin haberlo intentado (Translations)