hi my name is rebecca
every culture has some wise sayings that
give advice about life
these sayings are called proverbs in
english all right
if you really want to take your english
to a higher level it would be good to
learn some of these proverbs if you're
doing an exam like the toefl or the
ielts it would definitely be worthwhile
to include one of these proverbs if it
makes sense because it would show that
you know english really well not just
the language but also the culture of the
language all right let's look at six of
them
and you're going to help me to fill them
in all right so the first one is about
love and it says love is have you heard
this expression at all do you know what
it might be
i'll write it for you
so it says love is blind
what does that mean love is blind
love is blind means that when you're in
love with someone you can't really see
their faults very clearly
alright so love is blind means
everything seems like it's all fine when
you are in love okay next time is
have anybody anyone heard that
so the expression
the proverb is time is money
and time is money means that time is a
valuable resource which you have to use
carefully just like money that money and
time are both valuable resources so time
is money don't waste my time time is
money i got to get going that's how
people use it all right next
haste makes
now maybe you're asking what is haste
i'll explain to you in a minute for
those of you who might have heard it
what's the last word here
waste
haste makes waste
haste means hurrying up doing something
really fast so when we say haste makes
waste what we're trying to say is that
sometimes if you try to do something too
fast you make so many mistakes that you
end up wasting
time or money or resources all right so
don't do something too fast because you
might mess it up and then everything
will
be wasted all right
next one ignorance is
any idea
ignorance is bliss now maybe you're not
sure of what some of these words mean so
let me explain
ignorance means not knowing something
okay if you are ignorant about something
you don't know about that
ignorance is the now
bliss is a state of complete happiness
and joy all right
so why would you be very happy not to
know something well
if you've lived for a little while you
know that sometimes when you know about
certain
uh sad things they make you unhappy so
in that expression
in that situation we say ignorance is
bliss that sometimes not knowing about
something is
easier and happier than knowing the
truth
okay
next one this one i know does exist in
various languages so perhaps you'll be
able to fill it in here
better late than
never
better late than never
it means it kind of explains itself that
it's better if something happens late
than if it doesn't happen at all so a
very common situation in which people
use this proverb is if you're having a a
party and and you have a set time and
people are supposed to come at that time
but somebody comes really late
and uh let's say he apologizes oh i'm
sorry i'm so late and you say oh that's
okay better late than never
in other words it's it's better that you
came a little bit late rather than that
you didn't come at all all right
next one
easy come
easy
go
these are two words easy come easy go
what does that mean
that means that if something came to you
very easily you might also lose it very
easily all right perhaps you want some
money but then you went and spent all
the money and it's gone
or maybe someone came into your life
very easily but then
sadly they left very easily so then we
would say
easy come easy go all right
so which one means that time is really
valuable
time is money
which one means that it's better
not to know about bad things sometimes
ignorance is bliss
which one means that when you're in love
you can't really see straight you don't
see all
the faults that somebody else might have
love is blind
which one means it's a good thing that
something happened rather than never
happening
even if it happened late
better late than never
uh which one okay better not to do
things too fast otherwise everything
might get messed up
what do you say
haste makes waste
and last one
easycom easygo something that came into
your life
very easily might leave your life very
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