Learning English Idioms & Proverbs

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Each week, we invite you to try to guess the idiom or proverb of the week. For all the artists out there, submit a picture of the idiom-answer and the best picture will win a free Get ESL course! Winners will be announced in the Get ESL newsletter.

Answer to last week's competition: DO NOT LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET ! Winning picture submitted by Tuya from Mongolia! Congratulations and enjoy your prize!


Meaning of this week's idiom or proverb:

Said when a place or situation seems more preferable to where a person is now


Example:

A: I am really struggling in my ESL class. I wish I had stayed in the lower level this semester.
B: I'd say you're in the right class. It's just that IDIOM_HERE.



Hint: The word in common between this week's and last week's idiom is "grass".

What is this week's answer? Send your answer and your artwork (jpg) to idiom@getesl.com


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