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Common mistakes in English 🤓 Any of these ring a bell? 🔔




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PROVERB OF THE DAY: Una imagen vale más que mil palabras (refrán).
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"A picture is worth a thousand words"
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A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

PROVERB OF THE DAY: De tal palo, tal astilla.
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"Like father, like son"
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This idiom is used when different generations of a family behave in the same way or have the same talents of defects.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

PROVERB OF THE DAY: Perro ladrador, poco mordedor.
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"All bark and no bite"
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When someone talks tough but really isn't, they are all bark and no bite.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

IDIOM OF THE DAY: Me ha dicho un pajarito...
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"A little bird told me"
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If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

IDIOM OF THE DAY: Es darse coscorrones contra la pared.
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"Flogging a dead horse"
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(UK) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're flogging a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

IDIOM OF THE DAY: Como pollo sin cabeza.
Go around like a headless chicken: Ir dando palos de ciego.
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"Like a headless chicken"
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If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking.
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from Pocket English Idioms 2.

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