Practice makes perfect
, Don't judge a book by its cover
, Two heads are better than one
, Don't put all your eggs in one basket
, and No man is an island
. Sayings are also called proverbs. They are essential to understanding conversations, movies, and Western culture in general. After you’ve watched the lesson, study this list of 50 of the most common proverbs in English.
209 COMMENTS
First comment :)
Amazing proverbs
thanx Mr.Alex
No problem! Thanks for watching.
I went through your list of proverbs Alex and I was amazed by your hard work and commitment. You did an extraordinary work, beyond any doubt.
The way you organized the material will help us to assimilate much better both meaning and usage.
Thanks for sharing this useful piece of work with us Alex.
All my best
Thanks, Regino. It took me quite a few hours of work to compile the list and to write out all of the examples, but if someone found it useful, it’s all worth it.
wow what a achievement, first comment! You are going to get OSCAR for this? *Haapy for first comment.*
Thank You Alex. As usual useful lesson. I have successfully done properly 10/10.
Nice job!
Thanks a lot! Brilliant phrases! I’ve got 9 of 10 It makes me better
Thanks for the lesson!!!!
thanks alex. those proverbs are very interesting. I’m gonna use them in my speech.Practice makes perfect. I got 10 in the quizz
I like “Practice makes perfect.” Thank you Alex :)
It’s true! You’re welcome.
Thanks Alex. It was very interesting!
thanks very much these proverbs very important for me
Thank you Alex.
Thanks Mr. Alex, it’s very useful proverbs. :)I Like your lessons.
thank you~ these proverbs very useful!
thanks a lot Alex
Hello Alex
Thanks for great lesson, so I will give my contribution, because practice makes perfect,
Exactly. Thank you.
Thank you Alex
I gate 10/10 ,nice done for me :)
first time got 50%
“Practice makes perfect” Thank you Alex.
you are good teacher a lot from you,you worth like and subscribe & share.
was here: ALI from Iraq
thank you for your new lesson, in Russian we have the same proverbs, just direct tanslation, except for the last one (no man is an island), we say something like, you can’t fight alone on the battlefield, cheers
Many thanks Alex.
I would like to see you teaching longer, say over 10 mins in your lessons. If I remember it right, your teaching duration seldom lasts over 10 mins in your lessons.
Hi Victor, I’ll try to make longer videos in the future. It’s tough sometimes because I don’t want the videos to be boring to watch either.
Thanks for your lesson Alex.
Thank you, Alex!! Amazing!
Good Lesson!!!
10-10 ;)
Very good lesson. Amazing….!!! 10/10..Practice makes Perfect..
i will learn english to go on and on…Thanks Alex…..:)
Thank you Alex 3-10. T-T
9/10, makes me realized that I am learning all do I can’t perfectly answer all the question correctly but atleast I am learning a lot. Because I believe what Sir Alex said that practice makes perfect, that’s why I keep on watching and learning on the videos. Thanks sir Alex, keep up the good work…
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
thank you!!
soooooooooo useful thanks a lot Mr.Alex
You’re welcome. I’m glad you found it useful.
Thanks a lot.
thanks ^_^
very good
Great lesson, Alex!
Wou!
hhhh I have walked well on your lesson Mr. Alex, so far so good,hhhh.
I’m happy to hear that. Thanks for your support. :)
Thank you, Mr. Alex.
Thanks Alex
No problem, Alessandro. Thanks for watching.
My Great compliments to You and all Engvid’s Guys. Your work is very very important, I have been improving greatly my English with you all! Thanks with all my heart
OK, good job
thank you Alex , it was interesting
I love Engvid.com. Thanks!
Thanks
Thank you.
thank you
Good Lesson, Mr. Alex. thanks
Well done, thanks a lot!
I say don’t stop learning guys don’t say i have finished my degree. It is not necessary, i’m old enough, i don’t need it. If we stop to learn our brain will not working well when you get old.
Exactly. The brain is a muscle: you need to use it to make sure it stays strong and healthy.
As far as english speaking is concerned,”practice makes perfect :)
Well done ,Alex.
Thank you for this useful lesson.
No problem. Thanks for clicking.
Got 10 out of 10. I’m so happy. Nice lesson. Thank you.
You’re welcome. Thanks for clicking.
ty mr. alex.. first time i got score 10 out of 10 :) wew!
THANK YOU ALEX,IT’S GOOD LESSON .
I have 10 correct out of 10. Thank you Alex
Tanks Alex
Thanks, good information
thank you very much. I glad to see all of your video in soon !
Thanks a lot.
thank teacher!
Thanks Alex. They’re useful proverbs.
Thank you. I tried to choose some of the most common ones English speakers use.
Amazing proverbs…
Thank you for these proverbs, I’m looking fordward for some others :-)
Thanks a lot, Alex!!!
nice job MR alex
Thanks Alex. I’m learning a lot whith your lessons!
Thanks Alex for this lesson too!
I am congratulating you so late. However, it’s “better late than never”.
Nice!
By the way, about this lesson, I remind that the Republic of Plato is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I didn’t read the other yet.
I haven’t finished the other yet either. I’m just reading it out of curiosity because my background is Polish.
Interesting, Alex. You raised my curiosity about Poland. I´ll put this book in my read list, in English :-)
Greetings from Ecuador Alex.. I got 90/100 thanks for this lesson..each day the english words come out from my mouth naturally.. : )
That’s great to hear. Keep it up! Are you in Quito?
No Alex…I from Guayaquil city…it is near from the beaches… : )
Nice! FYI, the correct way to say that is, “It is near the beaches.” If you want to use a preposition, say “It is near TO the beaches.”
yeah …I recognize that I have problems with the prepositions … ha .. ha.. thanks for correct my mistake…
Thanks Alex, I like so much your pronunciation :)
I’ve heard that a lot! Thank you very much.
Thanks Alex , I got 80 %
wonderful job
now I just being learns to your lessons
100 precent
Great job, Alex! Thank you very much for teach us! We are really lucky students.
No problem. As always, thanks for clicking.
Thank you Alex
thank you
Thank you Alex. 8/10 eh :)
Not bad! Do it again tomorrow and see how much you can remember.
Yes! 10/10 :) Thanks
It is very useful lesson :)
Thanks a lot. I hope so!
Useful proverbs. One of them is very similar to another one in my mother language. Thanks, Alex.
That always helps! Which one?
“Don’t judge a book by its cover”.
Thank you
Not a problem. Thank you for watching.
Thank you Alex! I’m improving my English watching videos from engVid. Practice makes perfect! :)
Thank you Mr. Alex ^^
That’s very useful. Thanks Alex. could you possibly add more ones can be used in Business?
This is a good idea for a future lesson. I’ll keep it in mind.
Thank you, Alex!
Mr Alex
Many thanks
Nice to meat you Plato…?!? I mean Alex. ;-)
I’m very far from Plato, but thank you.
Meet you…
thanks master. good lesson. One suggestion, I dont know is its useful in UK, but in USA we can use this expression “play by the book” ex: We need to play by the book to keep working here.
You can also say “go by the book.”
Thank you so much amazing lesson
thank u
As i always say; “practice makes perfect”.
I have a daughter, she is 4 years old and every day I advise her “practice because repeating the same task you will be a good student” (of course she applies this proverb to watch the T.V jajaja)
I’m fighting the same battle with my 3-year-old daughter.
thanks , i got 7/10
Ohhhh yesssss I got 10/10
it was amazing test .
Thanks teacher :)
You’re welcome. Sounds like you got the lesson. Now it’s time to use the sayings in every-day life. :)
nice lesson, thanks a lot
thanks alex it was so usefull
That’s what I aim for. Thanks.
For the scum disappears like forth cast out; while that which is for the good of mankind remains on the earth,thank you
Thanks a lot Alex.
You’re very welcome.
Great teaching !
Thanks!
A mart content. I got 10/10 scores. Thank you Mr Alex
Thanks a lot!)
thank you for your lesson.
Sir Alex, All the way, out of the way, go out of (someone) way, (someone) way out of. and other expressions using “way” Thank you
Great idea! I’m putting this down as a future lesson suggestion.
Alex!
You are a good teacher.
Thanks!
perfect
I got 10 in the quiz. thank you Mr. Alex.
its amazing lesson to know about the 5 proverbs.
and the most important lesson for me ” practice makes perfect” :)
You are amazing teacher and your pronunciation is perfect. ı hope, ı have a good pronunciation like you :)
Thanks Alex :)
Thanks a lot. Mr Alex
Thanks
thank you for your true and beautiful feeling to teach us
I Do not now if its a correct sentence
Thanks, your explanation makes my English perfect.
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Nice lesson. Well done!
thank you
good video thankyou
thank you, alex. loving it!
thanks ALEX
I didn’t face with english proverbs by this time. They are very similar to Russian. Thanks!
Thank you so much,ALEX I’m following from your proverbs about practic makes perfect in english lesson.
It’s cool……….
Alex all Your lessons are perfect, thank you, good luck ! :)
I got 10 out of 10 …. That’s awesome :D
Practice makes perfect.
I love it! Really, I hope never more to forget!!
Thank you Alex 10/10.
perfect score
Thank you Alex. Really nice.
your lessons are so helpful to me , thank you!!!!
Thank you so much sir.I got 10 out of 10.
You were very clear at your explanations and I didn´t know some of them, which are really wise.
Hello Alex,
your lecture are useful. I like its. As soon as I am going to the Canada. Can you help me to improve my English.
Thanks you so much
Thanks, Alex!
Nice lesson, thank you.
thanks a lot.
Very useful lesson. Now we must use it in every day life.
Go on teaching like that, you are simple the best (as the song goes)LOL
Thank you Alex
Pratice makes perfect! Thanks for this lesson Alex!
Thanks a lot.Very useful lesson.
Thanx)
It’s simple.
thank you :)
It is important proverb. Thank you ?
thanks!!!
thanks for you
Alex, Thanks for your lessons, its hopes me a lot!
Thank you Alex, I enjoyed this lesson, very nice.thank
Hi Alex!
I’d like to make a suggestion. If it is possible to make a video about basic daily life, for example: I wake up so I brush my teeth, I take a bath and so on… please correct me where I’ve wrote wrong!
Thanks! £÷D
Please upload the video about difference between Active and Passive Voice..
Hi Alex
Thanks for your lessions!
Thank you very much, by the way it is useful lesson for us. I agree with you “Practice makes perfect”. THUMBS UP:)
Thanks Alex. I like your videos
One more good lesson, thank you!
It’s nice to learn here with so many good teachers. “No man is an island”.
Howdy Alex! That is a nice video again! I agree with all those sayings.
Excellent lesson! great Job Alex..regards by Colombia
Great lesson, but I only got 8/10…
Great. I will keep watching your videos while Engvid will be. thanxxxxx alex for that.
oh!!!!
I got hundred. wow.
I got 10/10!!! Thanks very much for the lesson!
You are a great teacher!
Thanks a lot for the great lesson! It is very interesting to know English proverbs!
tnx a lot
thanks!
Thank you Alex,
10/10. Thank you Alex.
I got 10. thanks Alex
perfect alex as usual
Thank you Alex, very useful.
Thank you Alex for this great lesson. I am very happy, I got 10. I didn’t think I’ll pass the quiz. Thanks to you and engvid teachers I master my english. I go to an english chat every month led by an old english man living in France for fifty years . The attenders say that I speak more and I participate more in the conversation. Have a good day. Marie-Claude
Thanks for the exposure!
Thank u alex.
Thank you so much .you are a great teacher .goodbye
Thanks a lot Mr. Alex.
Thanks for the lesson.
good class, teacher Alex.
For my is new the proverbs,but is good the knowledge, the new things,words and phrases :)
thank you