Name: Most Common English Proverbs
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T20:54:16.000Z
Duration: 9 min 29 s
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English, and welcome to another English lesson.

You might wonder, Why am I teaching proverbs?

What does it have to do with learning English?

Well, it has everything to do with learning English.

Proverbs are used in everyday conversation on there, also on important part of our culture.

There's a reason why we say these things on with these proverbs.

You can also learn new words, new phrases, a new styles of expressing yourself and speaking.

It's good to have a few of these under your belt in your backpack, ready to pull out of the bag whenever you need to use them.

You hear them in a lot of different ways.

Well, proverbs are used in all kinds of different cultures and countries.

Everybody has their own kind off proverbs.

Some of these might be used in your country on they might be translated into your language.

The other thing I want to tell you is that I'm not going to tell you proverbs that you don't need to know.

There's so many people who learn English, and this is a big mistake that people make.

They learn English, and they learn as many idioms as they can as many proverbs as they can, as many phrases as they can.

These things are outdated, meaning they're old.

We don't use them anymore, some of them we still use.

But sometimes you just need to know that we don't always still use some of the things that you're learning.

We talk about riel English here, Modern English.

That is why, in this video I'm not just telling you a load of proverbs, I'm telling you ones which you will hear in England ones which you will want to know in England on ones which will happen now, not ones that you'll use an even I won't understand you.

So let's get into the list of the most common on the most useful proverbs in British English.

Now these air used in America, Australia all over the world.

But these are the ones you will hear in Britain because we are a British English channel.

Now let's get on with the list Number one.

This is an old saying on it basically means if somebody is paying you money or helping you out, try not to make them angry.

After all, they're the ones paying or giving you something.

They're giving you something, so don't annoy them.

You should be grateful now the next one slightly similar to the one that I just said.

So Number two is beggars can't be choosers.

Beggars can't be choosers on this is Let's say you're asking something.

You need to accept whatever they give you.

So don't Just don't be ungrateful for what the person gives you.

Whatever they give you, they have given you something a favor.

Ah, beggar is somebody who begs for money on the street or somebody who needs something So you can't choose what you get from the person you are asking from.

Number three is actions speak louder than words.

If you do something, it is more powerful then saying you will do something.

So let's say I was saying I'm going to give some money to charity.

I'm gonna give some of my money to charity.

I could say that, but will I actually do it?

That is the question on what this proverb is saying is that your actions are more powerful than what you say.

So it's all well and good me saying I'm going to give money to charity.

But if I actually do it, that is what makes the impact.

This is a really good one, because it's true.

The more you practice something the mawr skillful, the more educated on, the better you become.

Think about this one with English because you need to keep practicing.

If you want to be a perfect English speaker, practice will make you perfect.

This is said in a lot off songs on Did You Will Hear It Ah, few times, maybe on TV or in songs on bond.

Basically, what it means is that good doesn't always last forever.

Sometimes good things happen for a long time, but eventually something bad might happen.

Let's say you go on a holiday to a really beautiful country and you're having an amazing time.

But eventually this good thing, it must come to an end and you have to come home.

So that's why algo good things come to an end.

It's a bit of a depressing one, but hey, you can then look forward to the next good thing that will happen.

I like to say this in a real British accent.

Now practice saying that in your British accent.

Sometimes you can always convince people.

You can't always beat people you can't always win.

The people you're trying to convince the people you're trying to beat.