display one´s slight skill before an expert be conceited display one´s incompetence before a connoisseur go to teach hewing to the God of Carpenters
Your great name long since reached my ears like thunder. I am ashamed to show off my incompetence in the presence of an expert like yourself.
先生大名,如雷灌耳, 小弟献丑,真是班门弄斧了。
—— 给力词典精选He is always telling the director how to run the business; that´s like teaching one´s grandmother how to suck eggs.
他经常告诉主任如何经营, 这岂不是班门弄斧吗?
—— 给力词典精选I´m making a fool of myself trying to show off before an expert like you.
在你面前班门弄斧,太不好意思了。
—— 给力词典精选But I´ve been making good money for 30 years so he´s teaching a fish how to swim.
但我已经使我的事业挣了30年的钱了,所以他是在故意班门弄斧。
—— 给力词典精选This idiom criticizes those who show accomplishments in front of experts.
“班门弄斧”这个成语,用来比喻在行家面前显示本领。
—— 给力词典精选