C1 · Advanced
Proverbs: Judgment & Caution
Recognize proverbial advice about judgment and caution, test its assumptions and respond when a maxim does not fit the facts.
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- Words & phrases
- 42
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- Don't make things harder than they need to be.
- In for a penny, in for a pound.
- To each their own; everyone in their own way.
- don't make plans without accounting for the people or circumstances involved
- Everyone looks out for themselves first.
- One learns from one's misfortunes.
- Where there's life, there's hope.
- Don't shout hooray until you're across the stream.
- You can't please everyone.
- You have to take the bad with the good.
- Don't bite off more than you can chew.
- Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
- Old habits die hard.
- Better to bend than to break.
- You can't have it both ways.
- Love is blind.
- Once a rogue, always a rogue.
- It's no use crying over spilt milk.
- The best is the enemy of the good.
- You have to make do with what you've got.
- A lazy man and a warm bed are hard to part.
- Ingratitude is the way of the world.
- When need is greatest, help is nearest.
- The more you have, the more you want.
- One man's loss is another man's gain.
- Still waters run deep.
- East, west, home's best.
- There is a time for everything.
- To err is human.
- It takes a thief to catch a thief.
- All that glitters is not gold.
- One swallow does not make a summer.
- A stitch in time saves nine.
- You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
- You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
- A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- Better safe than sorry.
- There's more than one way to skin a cat.
- He who pays the piper calls the tune.
- There's no such thing as a free lunch.
- Better the devil you know.
- Seeing is believing.
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- Lesson 1
Proverbs About Judgment and Caution
- Lesson 2
Proverbs over the Garden Fence
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