Episode 71 cover a multitude of sins

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PODCAST | An Idiom a Day

Episode 71-Transcript and Grammar Notes

Saturday, 24 March 2018

cover a multitude of sins

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TRIVIA

Americans consume 16 billion jelly beans during Easter. That’s enough jelly beans to circle the earth more than five times.

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DID YOU KNOW…

Jelly candy has been around since biblical times. Turkish Delight is a citrus, honey and rose water jell that has been around for thousands of years. A French process called panning shapes the soft candy into a bean with a soft shell. In 1861, a Boston candy-maker asked Americans to send jelly beans to soldiers fighting in the Civil War. In the 1930s jelly beans became a part of Easter nests due to their egg shape.

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Hello and welcome to episode 71…of… An Idiom a Day

I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… cover a multitude of sins

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Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. ~Victoria Beckham

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to cover a multitude of sins … prevents people from discovering or seeing something bad… to hide many problems or faults

Dark jeans and a long sweater prevent people from seeing weight gain.

Here is the same sentence using the idiom… cover a multitude of sins

Dark jeans and a long sweater cover a multitude of sins.

Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … cover a multitude of sins

On a bad hair day, a hat covers a multitude of sins.

Hanging a picture on a cracked wall can cover a multitude of sins.

Instead of saying you woke up late, why not say were delayed. That hides a multitude of sins

hide a multitude of sins …can be used the same way as… cover a multitude of sins

#CONVERSATION STARTER

QUESTION

How long do you keep a bad habit from a partner?

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GRAMMAR NOTES

ALTERNATIVE

hide a multitude of sins

A closed door can hide a multitude of sins.

USAGE

often plural | sins not sin

humorous | idioms intended to make people laugh

VOCABULARY

multitude | noun

a large number of people or things

There is a multitude of people in the arena.

You usually find a multitude of shells on the beach after a storm.

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