Today we will review three new idioms. Experience is the best teacher, Teacher’s Pet, and Learn something by heart. Review the definitions below and then look at the 3 example sentences for each idiom. After reviewing the information, try to make your own examples for each idiom.
| IDIOM | MEANING |
|---|---|
| Experience is the best teacher | "Life experiences teach more effectively than books or school" |
| Teacher's pet | "A person who is treated as a favorite by one in authority (usually a teacher)" |
| Learn something by heart | "To have something memorized perfectly" |
EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER
| # | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|
| 1 | Experience is the best teacher, and the worst experiences teach the best lessons. |
| 2 | Mistakes may happen, but always remember that experience is the best teacher. |
| 3 | The older I get, the more I realize that experience is the best teacher. |
TEACHER’S PET
| # | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|
| 1 | Michael is the teacher’s pet. He always gets special treatment. |
| 2 | The other students don’t like the teacher’s pet. |
| 3 | When I was younger, it was not popular to be the teacher’s pet. |
LEARN SOMETHING BY HEART
| # | EXAMPLES |
|---|---|
| 1 | The piano player had to learn the piece of music by heart so he could perform it. |
| 2 | Do you know all the words to the song? Yes, I learnt it by heart. |
| 3 | The man learned all the songs by heart. |
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