Idioms and Proverbs

Lisa works hard and she wants to be very successful.

Lisa works hard, but she isn't ambitious.

She always passes her exams with high scores.

She always gets low scores and fails her exams.

Start working early and you will be successful.

Wake up early.

If you want to be good at something, you need to do it often.

It's a good idea to do something immediately instead of delaying.

in no time

boiling with rage

boil the water

over the moon

extremely happy

extremely unhappy

Every difficult or unpleasent situation has some advantages.

People should learn a lot to be more powerful.

Everything in your life is going smoothly and you don't have any problems.

You're experiencing a difficult period and you don't have a lot of problems.

through thick and thin

back up

according to tradition; traditionally

do something different from what is usually done

people are saying that