6 Common English Proverbs

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English Like A Native


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Hello and welcome to English Like a
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My name is Anna and today we're very
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lucky to be joined here by Chris from
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Learn British English Free which is a
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fantastic channel. Chris actually has
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lots of social media platforms where he
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provides lots of English education, so I
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would definitely recommend checking out
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Chris's channels if you aren't already aware
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of him.
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Thank you very much Anna, yeah like Anna said
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I have the YouTube Channel "Learn British
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English Free'.
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We're also on facebook and a website
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learnbritishenglish.co.uk so everyone
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is welcome. The lessons are free that we
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publish there; about the British accent,
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pronunciation, and even things like slang.
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So hopefully you'll be able to learn
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some things with us.
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So today I've got Chris here and we're
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going to be talking about proverbs. Now
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a proverb is a saying which kind of
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gives you some advice for how to live
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your life, so it's like a moral, absolutely.
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Or a lesson. We're going to be talking about
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some of our favourite proverbs. Now we've
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already discussed six of our favourite
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proverbs on Chris's channel, so if you
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want to watch that video and I highly
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recommend it because there are some very
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common proverbs we've discussed. Then
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please do check that out after you
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finish watching this one.
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The link will be in the description box
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below and also on this video at the end.
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So here are six more of our favourite proverbs:
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This is a really popular one and very
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wise as well. Yes it means that if
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something is working well, then there's
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no point in adjusting it. Don't try and
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fix something if it's already working.
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Why don't you tell us one. Okay then well one for me is:
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What does that mean?
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What we're talking about is that no one
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can really function independently. You
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can't be completely alone in life, not
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completely, not completely. You always
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need, we all need someone. Exactly.
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We need someone don't we Chris. We do indeed.
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We do so much better if we work as a team. One proverb that my mum used
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to say to me all the time was:
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Have you heard that one?
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I have and I use it often. Do you? I do indeed yes.
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So beggars can't be choosers means if you're
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asking someone for something, if you need
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a favour, if you're begging for something,
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"please can I..." then you can't turn around
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and be picky about it. So if I ask you to
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lend me a pen
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yeah, I can't let say "oh I don't want a
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blue pen. I want a green sparkly pen.
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Oh no that pen's not very good. Can I
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have a better pen please?"
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I mean, not only is it rude but it's just
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going to make the person who's happy to
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help you initially, not want to help you
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in future. So beggars can't be choosers.
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Another one for me is:
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Ok so this is a both positive and
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negative spin. So we should be optimistic
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We should be looking forward to
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good things happening but at the
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same time we also have to be careful and
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be prepared just in case things don't
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work out how we would like. Yeah I guess
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you should always have a back-up plan.
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Absolutely always have a back-up plan
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and then there's no nasty surprises.
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Never hurts.
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Yeah. Rather be safe than sorry. So the
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last one from me is:
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Now you can say anything. You can. You can
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say anything, but what really resonates
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with people is how you behave and your
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actions. So I might profess my love for
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someone" I love you, I love you, I love you,
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I love you." But actually it's how you
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behave that suggests that you love them.
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So it might be turning up on time, not
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standing them up on a date, and bringing
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them flowers, cooking them dinner, just
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being there when they need a
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shoulder to cry on, that kind of thing. So
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actions speak louder than words.
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Yeah and if you promise something
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then make sure you do it.
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Yeah because words are cheap. They are
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cheap. Words are nothing!
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Ok and the last proverb for me (yep) is:
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And what we mean by this is that if
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there's someone who you know perhaps
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isn't on your side then you should
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be careful with them. So maybe don't
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argue with them openly but stay close to
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them so you can watch them and observe
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just in case.
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Yes because if you're close to your
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enemies then you can keep an eye on
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exactly what they're doing, and they're
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not a danger to you if you've got them
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close to you. Correct. I'll have to bear that one in
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mind, although I don't think I have any
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enemies
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luckily, I hope not! So let's just
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recap all the proverbs we've covered
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today.
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The first one was: if it ain't broke
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don't fix it.
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I had: no man is an island. Beggars can't
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be choosers. Hope for the best but
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prepare for the worst.
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Absolutely. Actions speak louder than
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words, and keep your friends close and
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your enemies closer.
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Now I hope you learned something from
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that, don't forget that there are six
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other fantastic proverbs; very commonly
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used proverbs, on chris's channel so do
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click on that link in the description
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box below, go and check out that video
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and don't forget to subscribe both here
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and on chris's channel. That's all from
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us today, so thank you for watching and
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goodbye.
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