Vocabulary:

Quote - a quotation from a text or speech

Saying - proverb; a short, pithy expression that generally contains advice or wisdom

Pithy - brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression

Idiom - expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers

Questions:

1. Do you agree or disagree that “Variety is the spice of life”? Why or why not?
2. Tell me about the time you felt like you had “the best of both worlds”.
3. What do you think is a better quote, “Clothes makes a man” or “Manners maketh man”? Why do you think so?
4. Tell me what you think it means:

• Apple of one’s eye
• One smart cookie
• Like taking candy from a baby
• Elvis has left the building