"cobbler, keep to your last" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: From last (“tool for shaping shoes”), related to the Latin phrase sutor, ne ultra crepidam. Head templates: {{en-proverb}} cobbler, keep to your last
  1. (idiomatic) Do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise; mind your own business. Wikipedia link: last, sutor, ne ultra crepidam Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: shoemaker, stick to your last Related terms: horses for courses, stick to one's knitting, stick to one's last, ultracrepidarian Translations (do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise): skomager, bliv ved din læst (Danish), schoenmaker, blijf bij je leest (Dutch), suutari pysyköön lestissään (Finnish), chacun son métier, les vaches seront bien gardées (French), Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten (German), a cipész maradjon a kaptafánál (Hungarian), sutor, ne ultra crepidam (Latin), skomaker, bli ved din lest (Norwegian Bokmål), but see jeśli nie potrafisz, nie pchaj się na afisz (Polish), zapatero, a tus zapatos (Spanish), skomakare, bliv vid din läst (Swedish)
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      "sense": "do not criticise matters outside your field of expertise",
      "word": "skomager, bliv ved din læst"
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