"chupar un huevo"

Question

Could somebody explain what chupar un huevo means? Actually as far as I know, it is like not giving a **** or not seeing as important, right?

But how do you guys use it in your daily lives? Can you give some examples? Is it a so much rude word or is it okay to use? I heard the expression from a song.

Thanks in advance.

In English, it is also rude and means to basically, "Get lost". (it's a rude way to tell someone to leave you alone). - katydew, Jun 8, 2013

Answer 1

There are other literal expressions for giving a ****** but this one you are asking for, express the same and has the same rudeness.

Answer 2

Really, are you trying to teach your grandmother to suck eggs, or what?

Is it supposed to be funny or even a criticism? - Hamza1, Jun 8, 2013

No, it's acommon usage, no harm intended. - annierats, Jun 8, 2013

I didn't know it. - Hamza1, Jun 9, 2013

Annie, humour often doesn't travel - padrin, Jun 9, 2013

Answer 3

"Are you trying to teach your grandmother to suck eggs" = "A mono viejo no se le hace morisqueta".

The saying refers to trying to teach someone something not only that they already know, but they probably knew long before and better than the one trying to teach it.

The English-language proverb is thought to have come originally from Quevedo, but have still not found the specific reference.

In its proverbial form it is not vulgar or obscene in any way.

In order to secure an empty but unbroken eggshell, that can be used for other things, you put two very small holes at either end and suck or blow the contents out. Everyone around to the world used to know how to do this.

Corporate Capitalism has essentially destroyed eggs as food in the US. Because of the methods of mass production most eggs now have salmonella. This was not a problem when eggs were produced by small farms. So raw eggs were much more common. - EugenioCosta, Jun 8, 2013

Should add this: if the contents are sucked out, then the egg is eaten raw. If they are blown out into a bowl, they are used for cooking. - EugenioCosta, Jun 8, 2013

When eggs were still a wholesome food, they were often eaten raw, and indeed there were many recipes for raw eggs, including many that involved separating the yolks from the whites, and not cooking the whites. - EugenioCosta, Jun 8, 2013

Having destroyed eggs as a safe food, the Corporate Capitalists are now selling their processed egg substitutes as "safe". - EugenioCosta, Jun 8, 2013

Answer 4

Chupar

Estrictamente a proposito en México "chupar" significa "tomar directamente de la botella", usualmente, un botella de cerveza. Si me recuerdo correctamente, los Mexicanos tienen también, "una chupa" como una botella de cerveza pero no me recuerdo precisamente.