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Idioms for Giving Advice

giving advice → without using “you should”, “you could”, “why don’t you”, etc.

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Do you know what an idiom is?

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👉 An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

1. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Meaning 👉 “It takes a lot of time to achieve something important”.

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This idiom is generally used to ___

Tom: “I’ve been working on this report all day and only wrote three pages.”

Brian: “Well, Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

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"Don’t bite off more than you can chew." This idiom refers to ___

2. Don’t bite off more than you can chew

Meaning 👉 “Don’t take on more work or a bigger task than you can handle”.

“Ann is exhausted again. She’s always biting off more than she can chew."

“He’s promised to get all this work finished by the weekend but I’ve got a feeling he’s bitten off more than he can chew.”

3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Meaning 👉 “It is better to have something less valuable than to pursue something more valuable that may not be able to be obtained”.

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Which of these idioms has a similar meaning?

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Do you agree with these two idioms?

Susie: “A buyer has offered to buy my car for $3,000 cash."

Laura: "Someone else might pay more, but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

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What’s another way of saying "Don’t add fuel to the fire"?

4. Don’t add fuel to the fire

Meaning 👉 “To make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse; to make an angry person get even angrier”.

Ann: “I had an argument with my boss yesterday. I want to send him an email to tell him what he did wrong.”

Ben: “Don’t add fuel to the fire!”

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"A penny saved is a penny earned" means that ___

5. A penny saved is a penny earned

Meaning 👉 “Every small amount helps to build your savings”.

“I’m trying not to spend much money right now because, you know what they say, a penny saved is a penny earned.”

6. Actions speak louder than words

Meaning 👉 "What someone does has more value than what someone says."

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To which of these sentences could you answer with the idiom “Actions speak louder than words”?

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"It’s all in your head." This idiom is generally used to ___

7. It’s all in your head

Meaning 👉 "Not substantial or real; having been imagined or invented."

“You did a great job, your fears are all in your head.”

“A great job you did, all in your head your fears are.”

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Idioms for Giving Advice

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1. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Tom: “I’ve been working on this report all day and only wrote three pages.”

2. Don’t bite off more than you can chew

“Ann is exhausted again. She’s always biting off more than she can chew."

“He’s promised to get all this work finished by the weekend but I’ve got a feeling he’s bitten off more than he can chew.”

3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Susie: “A buyer has offered to buy my car for $3,000 cash."

4. Don’t add fuel to the fire

Ann: “I had an argument with my boss yesterday. I want to send him an email to tell him what he did wrong.”

5. A penny saved is a penny earned

“I’m trying not to spend much money right now because, you know what they say, a penny saved is a penny earned.”

6. Actions speak louder than words

7. It’s all in your head

“You did a great job, your fears are all in your head.”

“A great job you did, all in your head your fears are.”

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