{"id":17849,"date":"2020-01-26T12:58:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=17849"},"modified":"2023-07-12T06:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T11:29:51","slug":"english-phrase-hindsight-is-20-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-phrase-hindsight-is-20-20\/","title":{"rendered":"English phrase: Hindsight is 20\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QKjBSq_1xe4?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a class=\"elementor-button large blue rounded\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-speaking-courses\/\"><strong>Learn more about Espresso English courses<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the meaning of &#8220;hindsight is 20\/20&#8221;? Sometimes people also say &#8220;hindsight is <em>always<\/em> 20\/20.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now the year 2020, so I thought this would be an interesting phrase to teach you!<\/p>\n<h3>Hindsight is 20\/20: Example<\/h3>\n<p>Let me give you an example situation of when you might use this phrase.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say in the past, your sister dated a guy who wasn&#8217;t very nice to her. He was manipulative and rude, and he didn&#8217;t treat her well, but she was in love with him at the time. Later, they broke up &#8211; meaning the relationship ended &#8211; and nowadays, your sister says to you, <strong>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I dated such a terrible guy!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And you could reply, <strong>&#8220;Well, hindsight is always 20\/20.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meaning: It&#8217;s easier to analyze and evaluate situations when we&#8217;re looking back on them in the past, than when we&#8217;re in the present moment.<\/p>\n<h3>Hindsight is 20\/20: Meaning<\/h3>\n<p>The word <strong>hindsight<\/strong> refers to looking back or reflecting on things in the past, and <strong>20\/20<\/strong> refers to perfect vision. So when we look back on situations in the past, we see things clearly that were not clear to us at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Back when your sister was in the relationship, she couldn&#8217;t see her boyfriend&#8217;s flaws &#8211; but now, months or years later, it&#8217;s obvious to her that her ex-boyfriend was problematic. It wasn&#8217;t obvious when she was in the middle of it, but it&#8217;s obvious now that she&#8217;s looking back on it in the past.<\/p>\n<p>We often use this phrase, <strong>hindsight is 20\/20<\/strong>, when talking about things we regret or things that weren&#8217;t the best decision, but we didn&#8217;t realize it at the time; we only understand it later.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason I&#8217;m teaching you this phrase is that <strong>I don&#8217;t want you to have regrets about your English learning.<\/strong> I don&#8217;t want you to get to the end of the year and then to look back and say &#8220;Oh, I should have studied harder, or I wish I&#8217;d taken that course, but I didn&#8217;t, and so my English didn&#8217;t really improve this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instead, I want you to take action!<\/strong> Practice your English every day. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-speaking-courses\/\">Join one of my courses<\/a>, which you can find by clicking on the link in the video or in the description. Just keep working on your English consistently as the months go by.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when we get to the end of the year, you won&#8217;t have regrets. You won&#8217;t think, &#8220;Ah, I wish I&#8217;d dedicated more time to my English, but hindsight is 20\/20.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, you&#8217;ll be able to say &#8220;I did my best this year, I learned a lot of new things, and my English has improved in the year 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s my hope and my wish for you! And I&#8217;m so glad I can help you learn more English through these video lessons. 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