EOI TORRE PACHECO

NI2

Profesor: Sergio Viñals

Alumno: Pedro A. Pérez Raja

INTRODUCTION

• SAYING: a pithy expression of wisdom or truth

• PROVERB = AWISE SAYING

• All cultures have sayings

• It is important to know them

What would you say in this situacion?

IT´S RAINING CATS AND DOGS

Do you know this “saying”?

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

• If you sleep with children, you will get up wet

How do you think this “spanish saying” is said in English?

Cuando hay hambre, no hay pan duro

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Guess the saying

A picture is worth a thousand words

Clue: better than the words

Guess the saying

The early bird catches the worm

Clue: Up early is good

Guess the saying

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Clue: Gifts are free

Guess the saying

Don´t count your chickens before they hatch

Clue: Wait until you´ve already succeeded

Guess the saying

The squeaky wheel gets the grease

Clue: The person who says nothing, gets nothing

TYPICAL SPANISH

• Lies have very short legs

• Truth will out

• The words are gone with the wind

• Actions speak louder than words

• Skill is better than force

• Brain is better than brawn

THE GAME1. Better late than never.2. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.3. Two heads are better than one.4. If you can´t beat them, join them.5. There´s no place like home.6. Don´t put all your eggs in one basket.7. No bees, no honey, no work, no money.8. Two wrongs don´t make a right.9. Don´t bite the hand that feeds you.10. The grass is always greener on the other side of the

hill.

TO CONCLUDE TWO MORE

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

ALTHOUGH

A BEAUTIFUL THING

IS NEVER PERFECT

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