What are proverbs? 7 common sayings in English - By Learn English with Rebecca [engVid RebeccaESL]
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| 00:01 | Hi . My name is Rebecca . Every culture has | |
| 00:04 | some wise sayings that give advice about life . These | |
| 00:08 | things are called Proverbs in English . All right , | |
| 00:12 | If you really want to take your English to a | |
| 00:14 | higher level , it would be good to learn some | |
| 00:17 | of these proverbs . If you're doing an exam like | |
| 00:20 | the Toefel or the aisles , it would definitely be | |
| 00:23 | worthwhile to include one of these proverbs . If it | |
| 00:26 | makes sense , because it would show that you know | |
| 00:28 | English Really well , not just the language , but | |
| 00:31 | also the culture off the language . All right , | |
| 00:34 | let's look at six of them , and you're gonna | |
| 00:36 | help me to fill them in . All right , | |
| 00:39 | So the first one is about love , and it | |
| 00:41 | says love is Have you heard this expression at all | |
| 00:45 | ? Do you know what it might be ? Alright | |
| 00:48 | . It for you . So it says love is | |
| 00:55 | blind . What does that mean ? Love is blind | |
| 00:59 | . Love is blind . Means that when you are | |
| 01:01 | in love with someone , you can't really see their | |
| 01:04 | faults very clearly . All right . So love is | |
| 01:08 | blind . Means everything Seems like it's all fine when | |
| 01:11 | you are in love . Okay . Next time is | |
| 01:17 | have anybody anyone hurt that ? And so the expression | |
| 01:24 | the proverb is time is money and time is money | |
| 01:29 | means that time is a valuable resource , which you | |
| 01:33 | have to use carefully , just like money that money | |
| 01:36 | and time are both valuable . Resource is so time | |
| 01:39 | is money . Don't waste my time . Time is | |
| 01:41 | money . I gotta get going . That's how people | |
| 01:44 | use it . All right , Next . Haste makes | |
| 01:49 | now maybe you're asking what is haste ? I'll explain | |
| 01:51 | to you in a minute . For those of you | |
| 01:53 | who might have heard it , What's the last word | |
| 01:55 | here ? Waste haste makes waste . Haste means hurrying | |
| 02:05 | up , doing something really fast . So when we | |
| 02:08 | say haste makes waste , what we're trying to say | |
| 02:11 | is that sometimes if you try to do something too | |
| 02:14 | fast , you make so many mistakes that you end | |
| 02:18 | up wasting time or money or resource is all right | |
| 02:22 | . So don't do something too fast , because you | |
| 02:25 | might mess it up . And then everything will the | |
| 02:29 | waste . All right . Next one . Ignorance is | |
| 02:34 | any idea . Ignorance is bliss . Now , maybe | |
| 02:43 | you're not sure of what some of these words mean | |
| 02:45 | . So let me explain . Ignorance means not knowing | |
| 02:49 | something . Okay , if you are ignorant about something | |
| 02:52 | you don't know about that ignorance is the Now bliss | |
| 02:56 | is a state of complete happiness and joy . All | |
| 03:00 | right , so why would you be very happy not | |
| 03:03 | to know something ? Well , if you've lived for | |
| 03:07 | a little while , you know that sometimes when you | |
| 03:09 | know about certain sad things , they make you unhappy | |
| 03:13 | . So in that expression , in that situation , | |
| 03:16 | we say ignorance is bliss that sometimes not knowing about | |
| 03:21 | something is easier and happier than knowing the truth . | |
| 03:26 | Okay , next one , This one I know does | |
| 03:30 | exist in various languages . So perhaps you'll be able | |
| 03:32 | to fill it in here . Better late than never | |
| 03:42 | . Better late than never . It means it kind | |
| 03:45 | of explains itself that it's better if something happens late | |
| 03:49 | than if it doesn't happen at all . So very | |
| 03:52 | common situation in which people use this proverb is if | |
| 03:55 | you're having a party and you have a set time | |
| 03:59 | and people are supposed to come at that time , | |
| 04:01 | but somebody comes really late and let's say he apologizes | |
| 04:05 | . Oh , I'm sorry I'm so late and you | |
| 04:07 | say , Well , that's okay . Better late than | |
| 04:08 | never . In other words , it's it's better that | |
| 04:11 | you came a little bit late . Rather than that | |
| 04:13 | you didn't come at all . All right , next | |
| 04:16 | one . Easy . Come easy . Go these air | |
| 04:25 | towards easy come Easy go . What does that mean | |
| 04:30 | ? That means that if something came to you very | |
| 04:33 | easily , you might also lose it very easily . | |
| 04:37 | Alright , Perhaps you want some money but then you | |
| 04:39 | went and spent all the money and it's gone . | |
| 04:42 | Or maybe someone came into your life very easily . | |
| 04:44 | But then sadly , they left very easily . So | |
| 04:48 | then we would say easy come easy go . All | |
| 04:52 | right . So which one means that time is really | |
| 04:55 | valuable ? Time is money . Which one means that | |
| 05:00 | it's better not to know about bad things ? Sometimes | |
| 05:05 | ignorance is bliss . Which one means that when you're | |
| 05:09 | in love , you can't really see straight ? You | |
| 05:11 | don't see also the false that somebody else might have | |
| 05:15 | Love is blind . Which one means it's a good | |
| 05:19 | thing that something happened rather than never happening . Even | |
| 05:23 | if it happened late . Better late than never . | |
| 05:28 | Which one ? Okay , better not to do things | |
| 05:31 | too fast . Otherwise , everything might get messed up | |
| 05:34 | . What do you say ? Haste makes waste . | |
| 05:38 | And last one easy come easy go . Something that | |
| 05:42 | came into your life very easily might leave your life | |
| 05:45 | very easily . Okay , If you'd like to do | |
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| 06:03 | right . Thanks very much for watching . Bye for | |
| 06:05 | now . |
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Every language has proverbs, or wise sayings, that advise us about love, life, business, and everything in between. Learn the meanings of seven common English sayings or proverbs and take your English to a more advanced level. If youve never heard of proverbs, better late than never! Who said ignorance is bliss? Watch this lesson to understand these examples of proverbs, and many more!
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What are proverbs? 7 common sayings in English is a free educational video by Learn English with Rebecca [engVid RebeccaESL].It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.5.B.
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1. L.4.5.B : Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs..
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