Hi and welcome back to love English I'm Leila and in today's lesson I want
to share 12 Beautiful Wise Insightful
proverbs with you that i think will help you sound
a little more fluent will help you express yourself
in english in a way that is much deeper more profound
to help you give exceptionally good advice
all languages contain proverbs an expression that has a deeper meaning
something that tries to guide your moral compass
and make you a better person or a wiser person
and indeed that is what we are focusing on today
we are not worrying about the grammar of course
do copy my pronunciation to try and speak more clearly
but don't stress over it today we are trying to use expressions
that are natural and native in english that we commonly use
to help us express ourselves in a more natural and concise
way more efficiently we don't have to explain something in a very long-winded
meaning long and complicated way sometimes proverbs do the job just fine
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in camberly i want to share these 12 proverbs with
you 12 proverbs that you will be able to use
on a daily basis in conversation with native speakers and
indeed they will help you sound wiser they will help you give really
very insightful and smart advice proverbs should really
stop you and make you think make you consider
life choices think about your behavior or the way you're currently thinking
and generally help guide you in life now of course i would love you to
comment below and share some of your favorite proverbs
even if they're not included in this video and i would love to know
which of the 12 proverbs that i share with you today
are in your language or do you have a slightly different
variation often you find that proverbs can be translated
into another language but sometimes the way we express them
might be slightly different which can lead to some confusion
so on with the lesson 12 proverbs let's go
number one let's start with a very positive proverb
every cloud has a silver lining every cloud
has a silver lining every bad or negative situation can eventually
result in some positive beneficial result for you so it's really to be used
when someone is going through a difficult situation
when they might not understand why something bad or
unfair is happening to them and this is a way of looking at things in a more
positive light essentially the silver lining behind the
cloud is the sun about to appear it expresses
that things change all the time and a cloud can't
permanently be there meaning the problem will change
things will get better i know he broke up with you and you're feeling bad at
the moment but really every cloud has a silver lining you
might find this is for the best number two when you're in a situation or
someone you know is in a situation where they feel that they have so much
to do that the goal that the thing that they
want to achieve is just so far away or too difficult to achieve
you might say a journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step whatever and however big the task may
seem making the first move or the first
action to help achieve this task is going to help you get there faster i
have got a 10 000 word dissertation to complete i
don't know how i'm going to do it remember every journey of a thousand
miles starts with a single step basically get started and you will
eventually achieve your goal you will eventually write
the dissertation now number three this proverb is a little bit bittersweet it's
positive and negative it's saying that all good
experiences good situations will eventually end
the only thing we can be sure of is change and as much as we know that a bad
situation will eventually end we might think that something good could
and will eventually end simply put all good things come to an end all good
things come to an end i loved being at
university i had so much fun and met so many people who hopefully i'll stay
in contact with the rest of my life but sadly all good things must come
to an end this is a great proverb to use when you
have to accept that it's time to move on that you can't stay in this situation
forever eventually more good things will happen
to you so all good things come to an end
number four a rolling stone rolling stone gathers no moss
so when a stone is stationary when it doesn't move particularly if it's in a
dark damp surrounding environment then it
gathers moss which is like a green horrible
substance that not grass it's just horrible anyway if a rolling stone
gathers no moss a person who is always changing jobs or where they live has the
advantage of less responsibilities however they also are at the
disadvantage of having no fixed place to live so a rolling
stone gathers no moss you might have no responsibilities but
you also have none of the benefits of having a secure or fixed place to
live which includes having a certain group of people support
around you so for example you might refer to
someone as having been a rolling stone sounds a bit strange but possible he was
a bit of a rolling stone before he settled down and got a job
number five a lovely nautical proverb a ship in the harbour is safe but that's
not what a ship is for a ship in the harbour is safe but that's
not what a ship is for basically this is encouraging
someone to get out of their comfort zone to be able
to grow and fulfill their potential so if you don't go out
there experience life do something then you won't grow
and learn and be the best that you can be you
should definitely go traveling don't worry you'll be fine
remember a ship in the harbour is safe but that's not what a ship is for
number six a lovely proverb if you or someone you know
has a tendency to worry quite a lot in fact this is a proverb that my
grandmother taught me it's almost like her motto don't cross a
bridge until you come to it don't cross a bridge
until you come to it or you might say to someone
let's cross that bridge when we come to it meaning wait
don't worry about that thing we'll deal with it when it happens
when it arises so there's no point worrying
unnecessarily in advance until that thing that situation
has happened or is happening for example i know you're worried about the exams
but they're not until next year let's cross that bridge when we come to
it now number seven a lovely simple proverb but one that i think is
particularly true the early bird catches the worm
the early bird catches the worm what this
is saying is that the sooner you start something the earlier you start
something the more likely you are to have success
now as an example you might talk to your friend and tell them that you know
there's going to be a sale tomorrow and you're going to get there really
early i'll be there at six o'clock tomorrow morning to make sure i get the
best offers you know what they say the early bird
catches the worm number eight look before you leap
look before you leap to leap is to jump a long jump not a high jump a long
jump and basically it's saying that you need to consider all the possible
consequences of your actions before you do them
so you need to think about something before you take the action
especially when you can't you can't undo it
so look before you leap as an example i'm thinking about doing a phd but
really it's very expensive to do and also the
commitment it's over four years long i really
should look before i leap number nine to make hay while the sun
shines yes to make hay while the sun shines
simply put make use of the favorable the sunny
situation that you might find yourself in at that moment in time
so while things are good make hay while the sun shines
because the good situation won't last forever
so for example while our youtube channel seems to be growing very quickly
i decided to upload more videos i wanted to make hay
while the sun shone past tense make hay while the sun shines or
i wanted to make hay while the sun shone number 10 a lovely expression
and i think particularly true one shouldn't miss
the forest for the trees now we also have an expression that i think is more
common and really derived from this expression
from this proverb and it is you can't see
the wood for the trees you can't see the wood for the trees now wood can be the
material but it can also mean a small forest and the meaning of this
expression is essentially you can become very focused on the small
details and you really don't see the bigger
situation or bigger picture so you don't see the true context of the
situation for example she was so focused on the
party being perfect that she didn't think about the people
actually enjoying themselves she couldn't see the wood for the trees
or she couldn't see the forest for the trees so she was focused on the
little details wanting everything to be perfect but really the most
important thing was that the people had fun often it is referring to a
problem a situation a difficult situation
that you possibly can't see or understand very well because you're
in the forest you need to take a step back in order to see
the wood for the trees number eleven have you ever known somebody that's very
quiet that doesn't reveal very much about themselves
well you might want to say still waters run deep still waters run deep
this means that if a person doesn't speak very much it doesn't mean that
they lack depth that they're simple or superficial
it suggests that they're thinking more carefully more deeply about a
subject you're suggesting when you say still waters run deep that they're a
very deep person that they are thinking quite
carefully about something so for example she might be one of the
quietest people in the organization but she is certainly
one of the smartest still waters really do
run deep and finally number 12 sticking with the theme
of water time and tide wait for no man time and tide wait for no man the tide
is when the water the sea comes in to a higher level or it goes out
now when we say time and tide wait for no man
you're suggesting that someone shouldn't procrastinate they shouldn't wait
for something because we have no control over the passage
of time for example he was thinking about proposing to her
but didn't know when he should time and time wait
for no man get on and do it get on and propose
so there we have it 12 lovely proverbs that i hope
you'll be able to use in conversation to help you give some wise and insightful
advice to help you express yourself in a more concise
and creative way and of course comment below
try using some of these proverbs or indeed tell me how many of these
proverbs do you have in your language and
are there any differences and don't forget if you
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