hey friends watch this video and learn three very nice proverbs in English
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anyway my friends proverbs in English I'm gonna be showing you three very nice
proverbs proverbs I'm sorry but first I wanted to talk to you guys about the
difference between idioms and proverbs because there are some small differences
okay but they exist so it's important that you know a little bit about them
because sometimes the students will think they are the same thing but they
are not okay now if you wanna use a proverb or an idiom it's a personal
choice okay it's a preference and again the context when you're going to use
those phrases those idioms those proverbs or expressions okay there are
many different things you can use in English during conversations okay
and knowing proverbs knowing idioms is not just important for you to
communicate but also to understand native speakers to understand the movies
you watch to understand the podcasts you listen okay or the articles you read
okay now in general idioms they don't have a moral lesson yes this
is a big difference between idioms and proverbs in most of the time idioms they
don't really teach you any moral lesson okay something that will help your
character that will help you become a better person not really okay
idioms they're just they have different translations okay now idioms are way more
popular than proverbs okay they are more frequently used than than the Proverbs
but it's important to know a few proverbs because native speakers use
them however I must agree idioms are more popular okay now proverbs they are
they come from folklore or from a specific event I typed even ah ah
specific event or historical events they usually have this origin okay they can
be influenced by local folklore or local events local historical events okay
idioms on the other hands sorry idioms on the other hand they don't
necessarily come from historical events they could be influenced by historical
events but then we go back to the first big difference which is they don't
really teach you anything they don't have a moral lesson behind them okay now
another important thing idioms they are phrases or they are part of a sentence
okay not the proverb the property is a complete phrase okay now with the idiom
you will usually include the idiom in a phrase or it will be a full phrase or
part of a sentence not the proverb the proverb is always a full a fixed
sentence you don't change it it's always fixed okay now that you know that I'm
gonna show you three proverbs that I really enjoy first come first served
what is that when you use this when you say this to
someone okay let's imagine you are in a conversation and then you say I'm sorry
first-come first-served oh well this basically means that the people who
arrive early will get served will get what they need or will get the treatment
that they need before the people that arrive later so only the people that
come first we get what they need or what they were offered the people who come
later there's no guarantee okay take a look at the examples I made for you guys
we don't have enough cake for everyone so we have cake
okay let's imagine chocolate cake we have chocolate cake but we don't have
enough chocolate cake for everybody so first-come first-served
okay which means the first people who arrive the first people who come here
will get chocolate cake okay now the other people I don't know I don't know
if we will have more chocolate cake okay next example all my examples are with
food here but in all the movies I saw this they were very common with with
food okay but it doesn't mean that you only used this proverb to talk about
food it can be about experiences opportunities it doesn't matter
find a context aren't there any cookies left sorry kid
first-come first-served so those who came first got the cookies those who
came later were not so lucky because there weren't cookies anymore okay now
when I use the proverb first-come first-served I'm not giving the idea
that the first people are better and the last people are not no this is just the
people who came first you came first you got it you didn't I'm sorry you won't
get it okay there is a police car driving by
all right sorry guys next absence makes the heart grow fonder yes it does
now this as again this is a fixed phrase okay it gives an idea you use this or
you listen to this when someone you like or something you like is far away and
after this thing or this person is far away you finally understand how much you
love that person or how much you miss that person or how much you love that
thing or miss that thing okay it can be people places or things they become very
dear to us okay when they are not with us so they become very special when they
are far away from us okay example when I lived with my sister
we would always fight now that she lives somewhere else she is so nice to me I
think the distance made her heart grow fonder
okay so basically what I'm saying here is the distance made me miss her made me
love her more alright so it made my heart grow fonder
that's the idea of this proverb okay anyway there is no such thing as a free
lunch suspect everybody don't believe people that are being too nice to you
there's no such thing as a free lunch now when you tell people this in a
conversation or when you listen to someone using this in a conversation it
means that nothing is free okay there is always a price even if you
can't see it okay there's always a cost so you should
suspect free things okay so it gives the idea that it's impossible to get
something for no cost for nothing there is always a price
so let's imagine you you you are talking to a colleague from work and then you
were telling your colleague that your boss was super nice to you Wow my boss
was so nice he was so amazing he said that I have I will have many
opportunities here that I am an amazing employee that Wow that we are gonna do
great then the other colleague can look at you and say wow be careful there's no
such thing as a free lunch okay so basically the the other person is
worried because maybe the person is not being nice for free maybe the person will
want a favor maybe the person, the boss in this
case will ask for something okay next example here I get to travel a lot with
my job but the downside the disadvantage okay the disadvantage the downside is I
don't have much time to explore the places I go well there's no such thing
as a free lunch so here in this case let's analyze I travel a lot with my job
so many people think oh you travel a lot ah nice so you get to visit many places
take many pictures go sightseeing not really there's no such thing as a free
lunch I don't have time I'm always in meetings and talking to clients so
there's no such thing as a free lunch I travel a lot but I work a lot too
okay these trips are not for free I have to work really hard and I sometimes
don't have time to go sightseeing or enjoy the new places I go okay excellent
my friends other than that come back here in the comments and let me know
which is your favorite proverb from the night okay the first one the second or
the third or if you know a different proverb hey share the love tell me here
in the comments what different proverb do you know I would love to know and I
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