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 don’t forget to connect with me
on all of my social media and remember
that I have my free live pronunciation
lesson every Sunday at 4:30 and I will
see you soon for another lesson
mwah
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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 don’t forget to connect with me
on all of my social media and remember
that I have my free live pronunciation
lesson every Sunday at 4:30 and I will
see you soon for another lesson
mwah
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