5 English Idioms to MOTIVATE & INSPIRE

Learn more English expressions with these videos:

In this lesson:
0:00 English Expressions for Motivation
1:56 Practice makes perfect.
5:00 When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
8:11 No pain, no gain.
11:10 Better late than never.
13:35 The sky's the limit.
15:57 – Practice –

TRANSCRIPT:
Hello, my name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to inspire you.
We are going to learn some very inspirational expressions in English.
So, I want you to imagine - so, in your head, picture this - imagine you have a friend,
and your friend gets a low IELTS score and is really sad.
Imagine you are learning English, no matter how hard you study, you're always reading
English books and practicing, you just can't understand the present perfect tense in English.
What's the difference between the past tense and the present perfect tense?
Imagine, no matter how hard you try, you just don't understand it.
And then, imagine your son, even if you're younger, just imagine you have a son, he comes
home and he says, "Mom, Dad, English is boring.
I hate English."
What do all of these examples have in common?
Well, I'll tell you what they have in common.
In all of these examples, these people need inspiration, they need encouragement.
So, in today's video, I am going to teach you the words you can say in English to anyone
in these situations or other situations to help them feel better and encourage them,
but also so you can improve your own English.
All of the expressions I will teach you today are very common expressions we use whenever
someone needs encouragement.
So, let's get started.
So, for each of the expressions I'm going to teach you today, I've made a beautiful
poster.
So, all of the posters are designed by me, and what I actually encourage students to
do or learners of English to do is make your own poster using these expressions.
They don't have to be as big as mine.
You can make a small poster, put it on your desk or on your refrigerator, or put it somewhere
you will see it and where you will see it often, because that will, first of all, help
you remember these expressions, but also it's a great activity to, again, help you
remember.
Even writing the words will help you, and it can encourage you when you are having difficulties,
especially English difficulties.
So, let's look at the first example of a very popular expression - "practice makes perfect".
And then at the bottom of my poster, I put 100%, A+, 10 out of 10.
So, what does it mean when we say "practice makes perfect"?
Well, it means that in order to improve - so, if you want to improve and to get better at
something, you need to practice, and you need to practice a lot.
So, we use this expression in many different situations.
We can use it for learning a language.
Right now, I am learning Chinese, and I'm learning Chinese writing.
So, what I need to do every day is practice, practice, practice to get better, because
I hope one day to make perfect or to get perfect.
We can also use this for sports.
If you are learning or if you play soccer, you can't just start playing one day and be
an amazing soccer player.
No, you need to practice.
You know, you practice after school, you practice in the evening, or during the daytime.
So, the more you practice, the better you become.
So, here's my example.
You are learning English.
Remember, "practice makes perfect".
And I just want to call your attention to the verb we use here.
Many learners get confused with "make" or "do".
For this specific example, it's always "make".
So, "practice makes", with an "s", "perfect".
So now, let's practice more, because practice makes perfect, and let's look at some other
examples of inspirational expressions.
Okay.
So, my next expression has to do with lemons and lemonade.
So, you might think, "This seems like it's going to be a strange expression."
Well, in fact, the next expression is pretty common.
We use it, again, when someone has a difficult situation, and we want to inspire them […]

[engvidEmma]

Thanks for watching, everyone! Learn more English sayings with these videos:

[jorgesalazar]

This video is perfect for me. I need motivations all the time to keep going on my english journey but I'm stronger now since I took classes with you and let me tell you that you are an inspiration Emma! Truly!

[giancarminecapone]

Thank you so much. Your classes are joyfull, your lessons are usefull and your accent is so clear to understand for me. Great!

[ustadali]

I love you dear sister. You are very experienced and qualified. I am watching the video and learning english.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹

[alfieromonteverdi]

I’m very happy learning English with Emma. She is a wonderful teacher. I would add: “it’s never too late to learn”. Bye

[HERNANDEMOURAO]

Emma! It's interesting content that adds knowledge for a great conversation! Thank you very much! You rock! Keep it up!

[paolobragantini]

Thank you Emma. You've been very inspiretional to me.

[aredpost]

Emma, you look radiant in this video.❤

[lidivaljunior]

Awesome teacher, awesome class, i love it.❤😍💯🇧🇷

[DuolDuothChak]

Thank you so much for your teachings process.❤❤❤❤

[English-SomaliTranslationHub]

Wow! Emma! You're just an amazing teacher🎉. I can't get tired of watching your videos. A small English-Somali YouTuber from Kenya. We are learning British English, but I don't think we are really practising the accent. With you, I will change a lot and bloom, InshaAllah! Thank you😊. A new member🎉

[LeonidasCruzRamos]

Hello Emma! I like your class because your explain is fantastic.❤ I'm from Brazil. I love English end your explain. Thank you❤

[davidemarsilio]

Very wonderful this video. Thank you so much Emma 😁🥰

[ManishSharma-skzh]

Hi Emma,
Appreciate your efforts 👏👏.
Thank you,

[มนัสเพลาขํา]

Yes emma teacher this is
Good ways to learn its because giving express some things coming more new ideas to be learn the words that you arrange newly uses that is also can be learn new expression great thanks
Pretty emma.

[venusmartin]

Thanks so much Teacher for your great discussion....👍💕

[AbdikadirMohamedIsmail-vi]

You are so awesome teacher and wish you good life ever

[joadiroliveira]

Bom dia sou do Brasil ótima Aula excelente Explicação .❤

[TumarAidarova]

Hello
I am very happy learning English with you.
Thanks a lot ❤

[hichchet]

I am 57 years old and I have an iron will to study English.