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24 May
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Does this sound natural? I want to use the phrase 'rock the boat'
Sometimes you have to be honest and say what you feel even if it makes you to end up rocking the boat.
Does this sound natural? I want to use the phrase 'rock the boat'
Sometimes you have to be honest and say what you feel even if it makes you to end up rocking the boat.
Sometimes you have to be honest and say what you feel even if it makes you to end up rocking the boat.
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- English (US)
“.. what you feel even if it rocks the boat.”
It doesn’t need to be so long 👍🏼
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- Japanese
Thank you. I thought that the idiom had to come with human subject.
- English (US)
@fukutaka you can also remove “and say what you feel”
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- Japanese
Thank you. I tend to explain too much and make it wordy.
- English (US)
@fukutaka don’t worry!! You’re great at English!
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