nothing is given so freely as advice
nothing is given so freely as advice
proverb People love to give you advice about the correct way to do something or how you should approach a problem, whether you want that advice or not. A: "My mother-in-law never comes to the house to help us with the kids, though she's plenty happy to tell me how I ought to be raising them." B: "Yeah, nothing's given so freely as advice."
See also: advice, freely, given, nothing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
Prov. People will give you advice more willingly than they give you anything else. Although no one in my family was willing to give me a loan, they all had suggestions about how I could get the money from elsewhere. Nothing is given so freely as advice. Don't hesitate to ask people what they think you ought to do. Nothing is given so freely as advice.
See also: advice, freely, given, nothing
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- Doctors make the worst patients.
- never give advice unless asked
- throw (something) back in(to) (one's) face
- a free bit of advice
- advice
- buy low, sell high
- pro
- pro tip
- take to heart, to
- reck (one's) own rede