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[Swim4life]

I�m teaching my adult students some rhyming phrases, like �no pains, no gains�, �no money, no honey�, �put up or shut up�, �my way or the highway�, �east or west, home is best�, etc. I think it�s a good way to learn simply English to express you fully. Do you have more samples in English? Any links about learning rhyming phrases and sentences? Thanks a million!

[CP]

Great idea!

Off the top of my head, I can think of these:

Keep your eyes on the prize.

If I'm lying I'm dying.

[He went] from zero to hero.

I'm in it to win it.

See you later, alligator! In a while, crocodile!
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[lotus]

Good ones CP,

Here's a site with more rhyming phrases. Not all of them are common, though. The one's below are pretty common. I'm sure folks can think up of even more.
http://people.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/fun/wordplay/eye_in_the_sky.html

Sign of the times
Made in the shade
Ants in your pants
The best of the west
Blast from the past
Dare to compare
Dress for success
Drunk as a skunk
Pie in the sky
Fun in the sun
Four on the floor
Fight or flight
Go with the flow
Loose as a goose
Name of the game
Relax the back
Shop till you drop
Snug as a bug in a rug
Cruisin� for a bruisin�
The hostess with the mostest
Put the pedal to the metal
The nose knows
Up your nose with a rubber hose
Liar liar, pants on fire
Son of a gun


By the way, Swim4life, it's "no pain, no gain."


--lotus
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