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 what 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 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

fan page or 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 is 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

meal times 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 velde 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 let 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 found out

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 haven'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

a lot of obstacles in my way

I always say to myself where there's will, there's a way

if you want to do this Lucy you will find a way of doing it

so I hope that motivated to a little bit right guys that's it for today's lesson

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