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5 Lovely English Proverbs

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy today.

I want to talk to you about proverbs. But, do you know what proverbs are? Proverbs are usually short clever little sentences, that natives will use in conversation. Without even realizing it. They often offer good arguably, arguably good life advice.

Today I’m going to talk to you about five proverbs and their meaning. And when we would use them the first proverb, that I’d like to talk to you about is the grass is always greener. This means that you shouldn’t be jealous of what other people may have or may appear to have. Because, they could also be looking at what you have and feeling jealous as well.

So, quite literally this is probably talking about a neighbor looking at his neighbor’s garden and thinking his grass is greener than my grass. But, it could just be his point of view. His neighbor may be looking in his garden and thinking, Oh God, his grass is greener than mine. so, it basically means don’t be jealous, because, it might not be what it seems.

The next proverb is don’t judge a book by it’s cover. This is another proverb that teaches us that things are not always as they seem. The proverb tells us to not judge someone by their appearance or the way they dress or just generally how they look or act. A really old dirty book could have an amazing story to tell inside or a really beautiful book could be really boring inside and so this proverb is talking about books. but, relating it to people. Somebody might have a mohawk and lots of scary makeup and spikes all over them. But, they might also have a kitten fanpage on Instagram you never know. So, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

The next proverb is When in Rome do as the Romans do. And this means that when you are visiting somewhere you should try and act as a local person. It’s considered respectful and polite. I love this one it means that when you travel you need to adapt to the culture. Whether that’s covering your skin or adapting to their mealtimes. I think it’s really important to respect and adapt to culture. a lot of people could learn from that one.

Actually the next proverb is practice makes perfect. And this one sort of speaks for itself. you’re not going to pick up a violin and play like Vivaldi. You need to practice. The more you practice the closer you are to achieving perfection and the same goes for your English. Practice makes perfect.

The last proverb is actually my personal favorite. And it’s about determination it is where there’s a will there’s a way. It means that if you want to do something enough then you will find a way of doing it. Nothing is impossible. There is always a way. I used to say this one to myself a lot because when I started the English with Lucy YouTube channel I had no idea how to work a camera. A funny story is that my dad lent me a small amount of money to buy a camera and a tripod. so, I bought them both secondhand and when they arrived they didn’t work. So, I phoned up the company and I said look you’ve sent me the camera. you’ve sent me the tripod.

But, it’s not filming anything and they told me that I hadn’t bought a lens but I went from not knowing anything about cameras photography video production anything to being able to make videos three times a week. and every time I come across a problem whether it be with filming lighting editing. Noise there are a lot of obstacles in my way I always say to myself . When there as a way if you want to do this.

Lucy you will find a way of doing it so. I hope that motivated you a little bit. right guys, that’s it for today’s lesson.