Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.

All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,

but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.

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Hello everyone! Nice to see you.

Today's idiom is: better safe than sorry.

Better safe than sorry.

Alright, so let's imagine a picture and we have 2 houses, alright?

Two houses and one house has the laundry hanging outside

and the other house has the laundry inside and they didn't do it yet, right?

And all of a sudden, it starts to rain, okay?

And this house, do you think they're safe or sorry?

Right, the laundry got rained on, so they're sorry and this house, the laundry is not outside, so they're safe, yeah?

Better safe than sorry.

Better safe than sorry.

Yeah, laundry is clean, laundry is wet and dirty outside. Safe and sorry.

Alright, so let's imagine this as we listen to some examples.

Should I confirm my doctor's appointment for tomorrow?

Yes, you waited 3 months to get that appointment, so better safe than sorry, right?

Okay, so in this situation, she took a long time to get her doctor's appointment,

so she thinks she should confirm and check.

'Tomorrow's appointment is okay?'

Right, so safe is calling the doctor and checking, 'Is my appointment okay for tomorrow? Yes? Okay.' Safe.

Or sorry, she doesn't call and she goes to the doctor, 'Sorry, you don't have an appointment today,' yeah, sorry.

Yeah, better safe than sorry.

Alright, you should call and let's listen to another example.

It looks like a bad day, huh?

Yeah, I took in my laundry before I left the house. I thought better safe than sorry.

Right, so she had laundry outside and it looked like bad weather, so she brought the laundry inside.

Better safe than sorry, okay?

So, 'better safe than sorry' means when you do something and you don't want to regret it, right?

So, you have 2 choices and one option, it's risky.

There's a possibility you'll regret this decision, yeah?

Something bad might happen, so this is your possible to be sorry, right?

And this option, there's no risk, but maybe it kind of takes some time to do it or it's not the best thing you want to do, but it's safe.

Yeah, so, for example, you want to do your laundry.

You really need to do your laundry, but it might rain. It's risky.

So, if it rains, you'll be sorry, but if you wait and don't do your laundry, then you're safe, right?

Better safe than sorry.

So, you use this phrase to explain your decision, right?

So, I didn't do my laundry, because it might rain. Yeah, better safe than sorry.

So, it explains why you did, why you made the choice that you made.

It's to be safe and not sorry.

Alright, so next time you make a decision to be safe and you don't want to regret something,

then you can say you did it better safe than sorry.

Alright and I'll see you next time!