AEE 2352: Struggling With English Idioms? No Pain No Gain!

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San山

2025.2.07

3 Idioms to talk about overcoming obstacles
👏lift weights(撸铁) gym membership(健身会员) burn calories(燃烧卡路里) search bar(搜索栏)
1️⃣no pain no gain(suffering is necessary when you achieve something)
Ex: I'm so sore from running this morning, but no pain no gain.
2️⃣what doesn't kill you makes you stronger(stronger can be replaced like faster and so on)
Ex: I have to replace my car's transmission(变速器), and it could be very expensive. What does kill you makes you stronger.
Ex: I got food poisoning yesterday. It was so sick, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
3️⃣fortune favors the bold(no risk no reward)
☝You're proactively doing something difficult, and good results will follow.
Ex: I'm buying some lottery tickets this week. Fortune favors the bold.(You're taking a risk)

San山

2025.2.07

Role Play
A: Hey there! Going for a run?
B: Yeah, no pain no gain!
A: I heard you are training from marathon
B: Yes, I am. It's in June.
A: Better you than me. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but I think marathon would kill me.
B: It will kill me if I try to run one today, definitely takes a lot of training.
A: I'm impressed you are going for it. Fortune favors the bold.

阿Lyn

2025.2.07

AEE 2352: Struggling With English Idioms? No Pain No Gain!
1. no pain no gain
suffering is necessarily in order to achieve something. struggle doing something that is difficult is often going to give you well results.
eg, I'm so exausted of running this morning, but no pain no gain.
I have applied 200 companies, It's such a ... , but no pain no gain.
2. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger/smarter/ quicker/ faster/ better.
3. no risk no reward 回报奖赏
forturn favers the bold 大胆自信的勇于冒险的
those take risk .. the benefit

hey there, going for a run ?
yep, no pain no gain.
i heard you training for marathon.
yes I'm, It's in June.
better you than me, they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, but i think marathon would kill me.
it will kill me if i try to run one day, difficult to take lots of train.
well I'm impressed you're going for it, fortune favers the bold.

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