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10 Essential English Idioms to Describe Helping Someone | Sound Fluent with These Phrases!
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2019Jun 15
10 English Idioms for Helping Others | Learn Common Phrases to Sound Fluent Want to learn how native speakers describe being helpful in English? In this video, you'll discover 10 essential idioms that describe different ways to help someone. These idioms will make your English sound more natural and fluent. Here’s what you’ll learn:
  • Bend over backwards: Going out of your way to help
  • Look the other way: Ignoring something to help someone out
  • Be there for someone: Offering emotional support
  • Give and take: Balancing help and compromise
  • Hold someone’s hand: Guiding someone through a situation
  • Take someone under your wing: Mentoring someone
  • Show someone the ropes: Teaching someone the basics
  • Meet in the middle: Compromising to help each other
  • Keep an eye on: Watching over someone or something
  • Lend a hand: Offering physical help
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