18. Manners, Obligations, Phone Language

Every Week English

This episode I go through some common Western manners as well as the grammar of Obligations and the vocab of Phone Language.
Idioms:
1. Look before you leap
Meaning: Calculate the risks before advancing towards a possibility.
Example: You can’t just sell all of your shares when the market is low, look before you leap, Trump is coming tomorrow, it is possible the shares will grow.

2. On thin ice
Meaning: In a precarious or risky situation.
Example: Andy played hooky from work for a week saying he was sick, now his boss said that he is on very thin ice.

3. Play devil’s advocate
Meaning: To argue, just for the sake of it.
Example: He was not agreeing to back off, as if he was playing devil’s advocate.
Article: https://harrisburg.psu.edu/international-students-office/guide-american-culture-etiquette
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