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preach to the converted |
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preach to the converted
to try to persuade people to believe things they already believe (usually in continuous tenses) There's no need to tell us about the benefits of recycling. You're preaching to the converted. preach to the converted to talk about something with a group of people who already agree with you preach to the choir Many websites seem to only preach to the converted, but others attract all sorts of people. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Byline: Demelza de Burca; MAEVE QUIGLEY IT'S that time of year again folks, when a plethora of acts take to the altar and preach to the converted. Sure, Bruce Springsteen has her on his iPod and Joan Baez took her on tour in the States, but the Oxford singer/songwriter seems content with her lot to preach to the converted and retain her creative freedom. It would surely have made eminent sense for the law to have been drafted in such a way that the displaying of such signage was not necessary where an employer could demonstrate it had decided for itself long since of the benefits of a no-smoking environment, without the need to preach to the converted and without the need for yet more wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers' money. |
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