hello everyone welcome to idiom 100
where we learn 100 commonly used idioms
by native English speakers
all of the explanations are in English
so it might be challenging for you but
just try to imagine the meanings in your
head and study hard and soon you'll be
able to use these idioms in your
conversations
is everyone ready let's begin hello
everyone nice to see you today's idiom
is better safe than sorry
better safe than sorry
alright so let's imagine a picture and
we have two houses all right two houses
and one house has the laundry hanging
outside and the other house has the
laundry inside and they didn't do it yet
right and all of a sudden it starts to
rain okay on this house do you think
they are safe or sorry right the laundry
got rained on so they're sorry and this
house the laundry is not outside so they
are safe yeah better safe than sorry
better safe than sorry
yeah laundry is clean laundry is wet and
dirty outside safe and sorry alright so
let's imagine this as we listen to some
examples should I confirm my doctor's
appointment for tomorrow
yes you waited three months to get that
appointment so better safe than sorry
right okay so in this situation she took
a long time to get her doctor's
appointment so she thinks she should
confirm and check tomorrow's appointment
is okay right so safe is calling the
doctor and checking he's my appointment
okay for tomorrow yes okay
safe or sorry
she doesn't call and she goes to the
doctor oh sorry
you don't have an appointment today yes
sorry yeah better safe than sorry
all right you should call and let's
listen to another example
it looks like a bad day huh yeah I took
in my laundry before I left the house I
thought better safe than sorry
right so she had a laundry outside and
it looked like bad weather so she
brought the laundry inside better safe
than sorry okay so better safe than
sorry means when you do something hmm
and you don't want to regret it right so
you have two choices and one option
it's a risky there's a possibility you
will regret this decision
yeah something bad might happen so this
is your possible to be sorry
right and this option there's no risk
but maybe it's kind of takes some time
to do it or it's not the best thing you
want to do but it's safe yeah so for
example you want to do your laundry you
really need to do your laundry but it
might rain it's risky so if it rains
you'll be sorry
but if you wait and don't do your
laundry then you're safe right better
safe than sorry so you use this phrase
to explain your decision right so I
didn't do my laundry
because it might rain yeah better safe
than sorry so it explains why you did
why you made the choice that you made
it's to be safe and not sorry all right
so next time you make a decision to be
safe and you don't want to regret
something then you can say
you did it better safe than sorry all
right and I'll see you next time