Most Common English Proverbs

Proverbs are a brilliant way to show intelligence when you are speaking English. You can learn more vocabulary through studying these too! Here's my top list of the most common proverbs.
Remember, you don't NEED an RP British accent to speak English well... There are loads of accents out there! I'm just here to help people who have a love for modern versions of RP.
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  • @chrysgnt4369
    @chrysgnt43696 жыл бұрын

    "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" "Too many cooks spoil the broth" "Better safe than sorry" "The early bird catches the worm" "Better the devil you know" "Every cloud has a silver lining" "You can't judge a book by its cover" "No pain, no gain" "A watched pot never boils" "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" "The grass is always greener on the other side" "The pot calling the kettle black" The list might go on, as I heard those when I lived in the UK. I believe that English proverbs are great! All proverbs carry wisdom within them.

  • @rachelkokomaung6908

    @rachelkokomaung6908

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! You do know a lot of proverbs!

  • @areogx

    @areogx

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are so fancy.

  • @sridewikailanie2064

    @sridewikailanie2064

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good job!!!

  • @hayatkerz344

    @hayatkerz344

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well done

  • @marcosolegariobaezlopez6615

    @marcosolegariobaezlopez6615

    3 жыл бұрын

    "A watched pot never boils", In LATAM the culture is quiet the opposite, and a rough translation of one of our proverbs would be " We all are good people, but we are better when someone is watching"

  • @GiftSparks
    @GiftSparks6 жыл бұрын

    "Everything happens for a reason" is often used in the USA. it's usually a way of trying to come to terms with a bad thing that has taken place. "Every dog has its day," which means something good will happen for everyone if you just can wait long enough. "It is always darkest before the dawn," is often used when something bad to to keep your hopes up that things will get better.

  • @user-em4kh9gb1l
    @user-em4kh9gb1l8 ай бұрын

    I like this one Chinese Proverb: The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now. Thanks a lot for your wonderful videos. They help me a lot with my English learning. You are a great teacher and a really generous person.

  • @yiminghuang8363
    @yiminghuang83636 жыл бұрын

    We probably have tens of thousands proverbs and idioms in Chinese, and most of them are still in use frequently in everyday life as well as in literature. I guess that's one of the reasons why Chinese seems really hard for the foreigners. I will just list out several ones that cones up at the moment.一叶障目,meaning sometimes your vision can be totally blocked by just one tiny leaf. 水能载舟亦能覆舟,water holds up the boat, water also swallows the boat. 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳 once bitten by the snake, ten years in fear of the rope. 情深不寿. 祸兮,福之所倚;福兮,祸之所伏。Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise.;Danger is always lurking under security.

  • @msbottlenecktak
    @msbottlenecktak6 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful in improving upon one's command of the English language! Superb presentation. Thumbs up!!!

  • @zhenyat6896
    @zhenyat68967 жыл бұрын

    I'm a new subscriber, but I'm impressed! your accent, your speech, your understanding of what's better for learners, your everything ! thank you, I'm staying for good !!

  • @rinameiliani7912
    @rinameiliani79127 жыл бұрын

    I'm starting to love your videos! I'm a new subscriber and I'm going to watch your other videos during the holidays!

  • @joaoandre7488
    @joaoandre74883 жыл бұрын

    Hi Teacher. I enjoy your lesson. Here some proverbs in my language, Portuguese. Caso se faz caso se paga. If done, if paid. Means: when you do something to another person good or bad thing, you can hope that, someday somebody else, will do the same thing to you, as you did to someone else. I truly believe on that, it’s real. Another one. Fazes o eu que Digo, mas nao fassas, o que eu faço. Means: Do What I do, but not don’t do what I do. This proverb is very popular among politicians, and religious leaders. I think that many people have already headed this expression.

  • @STARLA.channel
    @STARLA.channel2 жыл бұрын

    Your are the best man ! Much respect from state of Kuwait 🇰🇼

  • @rihana21x
    @rihana21x6 жыл бұрын

    "Don't bite more than you can chew" Only do what you can handle/manage. "Out of sight, out of mind" If you don't see something or someone, you won't think of it/them. "Don't shoot the messenger" Don't blame the person who gave you the news. "Two wrongs don't make a right" Revenge/payback is not the answer.

  • @fatimas4142

    @fatimas4142

    5 жыл бұрын

  • @fretsdankezia2685

    @fretsdankezia2685

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @jieyang1485

    @jieyang1485

    3 жыл бұрын

    nice! you also gave the explanation

  • @thuytran2074
    @thuytran20747 жыл бұрын

    this video is so useful! keep up your good work!!!

  • @fevia.guegue4221
    @fevia.guegue42214 жыл бұрын

    I must say, Elliot from the ETJ English, you're of a kind teacher. I love the way how you enunciate the words. I like it. Thank you! Cheers.

  • @MarcoAntonioGarciaLeon
    @MarcoAntonioGarciaLeon3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for those marvelous course. You help us out a lot, thanks again bro.

  • @theeverlastingfather1111
    @theeverlastingfather11115 ай бұрын

    I am grateful for these staff mate.

  • @burcak420
    @burcak4206 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! Elliott , you make great works and I aprreciate your efforts , you are really enlightening , I enjoy each minute I listen you , Cheers! :)

  • @fernandojosebrasilardito5266
    @fernandojosebrasilardito52666 жыл бұрын

    There's one I use quite a lot: He who laughs last, laughs longest

  • @chaimasallem6508
    @chaimasallem65084 жыл бұрын

    I really love your videos .Thank you so much for sharing such valuable information with us . Love from Tunisia

  • @carolinarojas7601
    @carolinarojas76017 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Ecuador ..and I speak a little bit of American English and now I leaning with you .. I love your videos, cheers mate ! 👍🏻👍🏻☺️👏🏻

  • @tehreemgillani3228
    @tehreemgillani32287 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely in love e with your videos, and your clear accent. Good job! Keep it up!

  • @chiarapraolini5086
    @chiarapraolini50867 жыл бұрын

    Clear and meaningful! Bravo!

  • @robertoa.paradar.1306
    @robertoa.paradar.13066 жыл бұрын

    Elliott, you're doing such a great job.. I follow your videos and am taking a good profit out of them. Stick hard at it, people will appreciate it to a great deal!

  • @marcob4630
    @marcob46305 жыл бұрын

    Very useful, thanks!

  • @ahmedoum4718
    @ahmedoum47183 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for these best idioms and proverbs . There are interesting.

  • @uiliamoliveira6348
    @uiliamoliveira63487 жыл бұрын

    man I'm from Brazil and I'm learning a lot with you, this video about proverbs was amazing!

  • @elenaandreea3890
    @elenaandreea38907 жыл бұрын

    You definitely picked some of my favourite proverbs, and another one that I really like and I always think about whenever I'm travelling is ”When in Rome, do as Romans”. Also, my way of making *all good things must come to an end* sound less depressing is by associating it with *nothing lasts forever (neither good nor bad)*, meaning that everything is temporary. So if things are going well we should enjoy it because it won't last forever, likewise, if things are going bad we shouldn't worry too much about it because it will also pass.

  • @MyDanymax

    @MyDanymax

    6 жыл бұрын

    Elena Andreea well done!

  • @roxannamoore1429
    @roxannamoore14294 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, I like your lessons a lot 👍🏻 simple but so useful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @ayanita761
    @ayanita7616 жыл бұрын

    I found this is really helpful 😊Thanks! And could you make another video about British slang? I've watched your videos about slang. But I think I need another videos about it 😃

  • @MrsVeroDarcy
    @MrsVeroDarcy7 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel, I'm Italian and I've been taught the American english. Since I'd like to be a translator (which means I have to study english at University), my dream is to speak with a British accent. Just subscribed, thanks for the videos and merry Christmas!

  • @salma5861
    @salma58616 жыл бұрын

    i started learning englih at the british council in my country and i rondomly found your videos .they are vers helpful and not boring really thnak you !

  • @imspanishasianfilipi
    @imspanishasianfilipi6 жыл бұрын

    Im asian fr philippines .im half spanish and i loved ure accent. My sister married to an english guy . You spoke the same ways

  • @diemcarpie1653
    @diemcarpie16536 жыл бұрын

    It's good learning youtube channel I have been watched. Thank you a lot!

  • @garycriss1002
    @garycriss10024 жыл бұрын

    ETJ English always come on top, whenever someone asking for English tutor recommendation.

  • @lilianadandelinatorresmole8620
    @lilianadandelinatorresmole86207 жыл бұрын

    Amazing lesson!

  • @sergioteizen6023
    @sergioteizen60232 жыл бұрын

    Elliot or Eliot? Anyhow, I love your channel. About proverbs, I’m a German Brazilian citizen and both in Portuguese and German we have a proverb equivalent with “beggars can’t be choosers” . It says more or less literally translated, a horse received as a present, you don’t check its teeth. Since German and Portuguese are so distinct languages, perhaps you have that expression in English too?

  • @fatimabasade9879
    @fatimabasade98796 жыл бұрын

    Practice makes perfect Elliot ... u r a amazing teacher

  • @imeldalizardi5277
    @imeldalizardi52776 жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT TEACHER! I do love your British accent and all the lessons are absolutely useful. Greetings from Mexico! 😊

  • @irfanathasneem6200
    @irfanathasneem62007 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for this video. I love your accent

  • @jiznimore
    @jiznimore4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for your work and effort sharing your knowledge, it is very helpful. Subscribed.

  • @brushuponyourenglish.9371
    @brushuponyourenglish.93714 жыл бұрын

    My English level is getting improved by you. Hearty thanks for it.

  • @user-cc9nd2om7u
    @user-cc9nd2om7u4 жыл бұрын

    Thnx alot Mr Eliot. I really got benifit of the lesson.. I liked 'em all

  • @robertduda7550
    @robertduda75505 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video nicely done!

  • @Jit143kumar
    @Jit143kumar4 жыл бұрын

    Very nice ! ❤👍..We would like to learn more proverbs from you Elliot.

  • @mohei5029
    @mohei5029 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant session as always 👌🏽

  • @margotllacho4099
    @margotllacho4099 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.🌻

  • @wikijerry3678
    @wikijerry36783 жыл бұрын

    Gracias por tus lecciones

  • @ctemklatae3451
    @ctemklatae34516 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Elliot, I appreciated it

  • @qeenz8418
    @qeenz84185 жыл бұрын

    Your videos prompted me to learn more and more

  • @Michal.Kaminski
    @Michal.Kaminski3 жыл бұрын

    There's a Queen song called "If you can't beat them, join them". Queen is the band that made me interested in music, playing the guitar, and also in British culture and language.

  • @nursyu2158
    @nursyu21584 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this video!! 💯

  • @alialbaghdadi58
    @alialbaghdadi587 жыл бұрын

    It is the best video ever I have ever seen it mate !!

  • @lauraalmeida9592
    @lauraalmeida95927 жыл бұрын

    My gosh I love your accent!!!!! Don't stop talking never!!!!

  • @freaky425

    @freaky425

    5 жыл бұрын

    *ever

  • @batra204

    @batra204

    5 жыл бұрын

    Two negatives make a positive

  • @icantakeit

    @icantakeit

    5 жыл бұрын

    Please don't stop cause I'm almost there baby..😂

  • @user-oh6wb5rj2q

    @user-oh6wb5rj2q

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@freaky425 what's the difference between never and ever and never ever thank you

  • @freaky425

    @freaky425

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@user-oh6wb5rj2q Never is negative and ever is a positive response. in English, you don't use two negatives together, if you do then it negates each other making it positive or uncertain meaning . for example, on the above sentence "Don't stop talking never", there's a negative already which is "don't" so you would use "ever" with it, so correct one would be "don't stop talking ever" or "never stop talking". structure is like "negative verb + ever", and "Never+ positive verb" . and only "never ever" together is just an emphasizing way to say Never.

  • @irinabaranovskaya6025
    @irinabaranovskaya60256 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @tayebsadi4108
    @tayebsadi41085 жыл бұрын

    Hi teacher ETJ , I am Algerian . I am interrested in learning English . I really enjoyed your tube videos about English Proverbs and idioms and also the different lessons . I need more about proverbs if possible . They are very interresting . and clear explained . Thank you teacher . I love you a lot and your accent .

  • @cantinflas46
    @cantinflas466 жыл бұрын

    exclent job indeed thank you

  • @sulimanadam3598
    @sulimanadam35984 жыл бұрын

    Very beneficial indeed I like it thank a lot

  • @danchapin69
    @danchapin696 жыл бұрын

    Good video, very helpful.

  • @hanenezz1918
    @hanenezz19183 жыл бұрын

    I'm in love with your accent

  • @aataminaza1746
    @aataminaza17466 жыл бұрын

    amazing lesson

  • @vasylpavlus
    @vasylpavlus7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @hohokaid3761
    @hohokaid37616 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your support I love the lesson 😃🙂

  • @freddyarellano3907
    @freddyarellano39075 жыл бұрын

    Estraordi aria clase...gracias dear

  • @saidfarid6382
    @saidfarid63822 жыл бұрын

    Hello teacher Thank you so much for your help and advice.

  • @liadovolys8611
    @liadovolys86116 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, it's really interesting)

  • @azeemkhaja6329
    @azeemkhaja63292 жыл бұрын

    Hi...just amazing to see all your video's. You corrected pronunciation of article 'the' in the idiom 'Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder ' I learned by watching on of your video.

  • @cyclistRM2024
    @cyclistRM20247 жыл бұрын

    so useful proverbs thanks a lot teacher 👌

  • @aartikushwaha3517
    @aartikushwaha35174 жыл бұрын

    Hey! I am your new subscriber 😊😋 And thanks for the proverbs👍🤗

  • @user-wx8co5xc4i
    @user-wx8co5xc4i7 жыл бұрын

    thank you a lot. always.

  • @yuliawulandari4194
    @yuliawulandari41946 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful

  • @TransylvaniaGirl
    @TransylvaniaGirl5 жыл бұрын

    This channel is on the top of my list!! uhhh-mazing🎆

  • @shweta.arora.nagpal5043
    @shweta.arora.nagpal50434 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful explanation good job sir

  • @MaisarahMimo
    @MaisarahMimo6 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @azizkenbib5276
    @azizkenbib52764 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and exciting proverbs

  • @algismelanas4576
    @algismelanas45767 жыл бұрын

    good lesson!!!

  • @abdulhamid2760
    @abdulhamid27604 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for teaching me

  • @williamgomez4754
    @williamgomez47547 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed it a lot.

  • @chrischris7042
    @chrischris70426 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much

  • @anayisserimane2017
    @anayisserimane20177 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot

  • @DANIEL-sb5yp
    @DANIEL-sb5yp7 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Of all the proverbs quoted, what I like best is "practice makes perfect", because It is a true principle that, in fact, can be applied throughout the all field of human activity.

  • @ETJEnglish

    @ETJEnglish

    7 жыл бұрын

    +DANIEL you are absolutely right! Keep practicing!

  • @silvaneweatherley
    @silvaneweatherley3 жыл бұрын

    You are the best !!! In portuguese the last phrase we always use- Sempre tenha um plano b!!

  • @amarsanaabumbasaikhan7230
    @amarsanaabumbasaikhan72305 жыл бұрын

    Thank y 💕

  • @virus5360
    @virus53605 жыл бұрын

    thanks so much ☺😊😊

  • @user-kr9ch5be6c
    @user-kr9ch5be6c7 жыл бұрын

    thank u so much

  • @emanmahmoud9439
    @emanmahmoud94396 жыл бұрын

    I love your English.

  • @maureen6715
    @maureen67156 жыл бұрын

    Is the proverb "Empty vessels make the most sound" still in use Elliot? It is so pleasurable to watch your videos and your pronunciation is music to my ears! It's a pity I discovered your channel only a few months ago. I am so happy that you are getting more and more appreciated among the English learners. I will see you soon :-)

  • @user-tn3gh9sz6l

    @user-tn3gh9sz6l

    8 ай бұрын

    E.t.j is wonderful.

  • @vipadakrom6477
    @vipadakrom64773 жыл бұрын

    The way you teach is impressive. (From Thailand)

  • @aliyaklassen1892
    @aliyaklassen18927 жыл бұрын

    thank you 🙇

  • @ahmedbalubaid6160
    @ahmedbalubaid61606 жыл бұрын

    I have been through almost all of your videos , God you are amazing . The way you speak , the way you explain things is extremely good.

  • @suwitong7693
    @suwitong76934 жыл бұрын

    Well this really helps i like it very much

  • @vanodiate9731
    @vanodiate97317 жыл бұрын

    you are so great.

  • @zaheeriqbal9023
    @zaheeriqbal90236 жыл бұрын

    I like the way u teaching thanks

  • @aqua4016
    @aqua40167 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @bireyshikor5593
    @bireyshikor55937 жыл бұрын

    helpful video thanks

  • @mariabelgoalonso5778

    @mariabelgoalonso5778

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm Maria Belgo Alonso from Brasil and I'm enjoying a lot yours lessons. Congratulations and keep teaching!!

  • @user-ex4dw6nl3r
    @user-ex4dw6nl3r2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @emanmahmoud9439
    @emanmahmoud94396 жыл бұрын

    I hope to visit England one day and talk to you. Your accent appeals to me.

  • @sukmasyafliza1236
    @sukmasyafliza12367 жыл бұрын

    you are awesome!!

  • @thinleypalmo9797
    @thinleypalmo97975 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @jalilalavi7293
    @jalilalavi72936 жыл бұрын

    Good Job ETJ

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    @salmansabahi79577 жыл бұрын

    I'm really delighted to subscribe you

  • @ETJEnglish

    @ETJEnglish

    7 жыл бұрын

    +salman sabahi Thank you Salman

  • @chaudry123
    @chaudry1235 жыл бұрын

    great ETJ English,

  • @dulonedhi2733
    @dulonedhi27335 жыл бұрын

    Hello dear. Thank you very much for your very clear and consumable teaching and knowledge share. I am a university teacher here in Ethiopia. however, I couldn't be fluent English language because of lack regular practice. Many of the time we translate what we teach in English in to the local language to help students understand the concept. This hurts my level of fluency. I studied my diploma, BEd, MA in Ethiopian universities and Doctor of education in south Africa. These didn't boost that much my English fluency. Recently when I get good internet connection I am listening some videos in English. I got yours very important. Thank you. May Almighty God bless you all the time.