Please explain these expressions to me
Hi! Can you please explain these expressions? If you can explain it in the simplest way, I would be very grateful. Thank you!
a. What it needs is...
b. Less is more...
c. Goes well with...
d. Passed down...
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What it needs = what is lacking or missing .
less is more = a smaller amount of something can actually be a bigger amount. (Example: Wearing less make-up can actually make you look more beautiful. )
Goes well with = it accompanies well, or it matches well. (Chicken goes well with rice. That shirt goes well with your hair.)
passed down = inherited from generation to generation (This watch was passed down from my grandfather. Our traditions have been passed down from our ancestors)
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Your car is broken. What it needs is a new engine.
The locket is a family heirloom and was passed down from mother to daughter for Generations.
This wine is good and goes well with fish.
if you talk too much, you can't hear what others are saying. Therefore, less talking equals more hearing. Less is more.
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to pass down: this is when something is given from a higher to a lower rank
when my older sister got a new bike her old (previous) bike was passed down to me (it is now my bike).
in business, instructions on how to do work are passed down from managers to the employees
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Your car is broken. What it needs is a new engine!
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Your car is broken. What it needs is a new engine!
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