cobbler, keep to your last

English

Wooden lasts.

Alternative forms

shoemaker, stick to your last

Etymology

Related to the Latin phrase Sutor, ne ultra crepidam. A last is a tool for shaping shoes.

Proverb

cobbler, keep to your last

(idiomatic) Do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise; mind your own business.

Translations

do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise

Danish: skomager, bliv ved din læst
Dutch: schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest
Finnish: suutari pysyköön lestissään (fi)
German: Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten (de)
Hungarian: a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál
Latin: sutor, ne ultra crepidam
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skomaker, bli ved din lest
Spanish: zapatero, a tus zapatos (es)
Swedish: skomakare, bliv vid din läst

See also

Further reading

ultracrepidarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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