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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Welcome back. My dear English enthusiasts . I am the Vocab Man. And this time you're going to learn the proverb. You can lead a horse to water. But you can't make it drink. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can influence people in circumstances, but you can't force things to go your way.
Why did we pick this idiom or proverb? Well, it's pretty simple because this is actually Ricardo's favorite idiom and he explained it in one of the Vocab Man's bonus episodes between number 59 and 58. And as I promised there, I, I want to cover various idioms that Ricardo mentioned because his guest post or guest episode was hilarious.
It was a really great, it was amazing because it was packed with different idioms and expressions. So actually, Back then I asked him which his favorite idiom was and he gave just an amazing answer. So without further ado, those are the winners. Number one, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Number two, the grass is greener on the other side. Why did I decide for them? Well, the first one is a match made in heaven for reaching my target of learning English.
I have the best material and the best teachers, but I need to do my best as a middle of the road guy. I must work hard to play hard. This is only way to accomplish my goals.
I will keep my fingers crossed that the second one portrays perfectly our society nowadays. It's a pain in the neck. In my humble opinion, white people are. So envy, all that glitters isn't gold, I would tell them . If I was asked for, I also would recommend to them to have their head screwed on, to be happy as the days long and carry on with their lives.
To conclude Daniel, I hope you like my answer and find it useful. However, don't forget to never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Publishing it will be the icing on the cake using it or not is up to you now, the jury is out thank you very much, Ricardo. And yes, now it's up to us to decide if we want to use these idioms in our daily life.
And I, I heard some great examples there. The icing on the cake of course is great, which means an additional positive aspect to something that is already positive or really good. So as always, you'll find the transcript in the show notes. And of course the show is now available on YouTube as well. So check it out.
The Vocal Man on YouTube, it's definitely worthwhile. I find because we all want to become better English speakers. Right? So let's learn together guys. And thanks for tuning in. Bye. Bye. You have to also accept the fact that old saying you can lead a horse to water, but can't make them drink. Sometimes you can't lead the horse to water even.
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