preach to the converted — phrase to try to persuade people to accept opinions and beliefs that they already have, and that they do not need to know Thesaurus: to persuade someone to agree with or support yousynonym Main entry: preach * * * preach to the conˈverted idiom… … Useful english dictionary
preach to the converted — to talk about something with a group of people who already agree with you. Many websites seem to only preach to the converted, but others attract all sorts of people … New idioms dictionary
preach to the choir/preach to the converted — tell people who already know the message, talk to the wrong audience, When I complained to the class about students who were absent, Ed reminded me that I was preaching to the choir! … English idioms
preach to the converted — try hard to convince someone of something they already believe … English contemporary dictionary
preach to the converted — to try to persuade people to accept opinions and beliefs that they already have, and that they do not need to know … English dictionary
preach to the choir — (or the converted) advocate something to people who already share one s convictions about its merits or importance * * * preach to the choir see ↑preach • • • Main Entry: ↑choir preach to the choir (chiefly US) (or preach to the converted) : to… … Useful english dictionary
preach to the choir — verb Speaking as if to convince a person or group of something which that person or group already believes. Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. Democrats will make the argument thats been successful with their base . . .… … Wiktionary
preach — [pri:tʃ] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: prechier, from Late Latin praedicare, from Latin dicare to say publicly ] 1.) [I and T] to talk about a religious subject in a public place, especially in a church during a service preach to ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
preach — (v.) late O.E. predician, a loan word from Church Latin, reborrowed 12c. as preachen, from O.Fr. prechier (11c.), from L.L. predicare to proclaim publicly, announce (in Medieval Latin to preach ), from L. prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + dicare … Etymology dictionary
preach */ — UK [priːtʃ] / US [prɪtʃ] verb Word forms preach : present tense I/you/we/they preach he/she/it preaches present participle preaching past tense preached past participle preached 1) [intransitive/transitive] to talk about a religious subject at a… … English dictionary
preach — verb 1 (I, T) to give a talk in public about a religious subject, especially about the correct moral way for people to behave (+ to/on/about): Christ began preaching to large crowds. | preach sth: The pastor preached a sermon on brotherly love. 2 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
