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doctors make the worst patients

idiom

It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.


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  1. 01

    be one's own worst enemy

    To act contrary to one's own interests; to cause problems for oneself; to self-sabotage.

  2. 02

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  3. 03

    enough to make a cat laugh

    Very outlandish or outrageous.

  4. 04

    enough to make the angels weep

    Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.

  5. 05

    fine feathers make fine birds

    Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.

  6. 06

    good doctors

    plural of good doctor. An honorific form of address to a group of doctors.

  7. 07

    in the worst way

    Urgently; desperately; to an extreme degree.

  8. 08

    it takes all kinds to make a world

    Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.

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