Idiom
preach to the choir
Meaning
To speak as if to convince a person or group of something they already believe.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You're preaching to the choir — I already agree with you.”
“He spent ten minutes explaining why recycling matters, but he was preaching to the choir at that green conference.”
“The politician's passionate speech about tax reform fell flat, for she was preaching to the choir in a room full of economists who had proposed the very same policy years ago.”
Examples
simple
“You're preaching to the choir — I already agree with you.”
contextual
“He spent ten minutes explaining why recycling matters, but he was preaching to the choir at that green conference.”
complex
“The politician's passionate speech about tax reform fell flat, for she was preaching to the choir in a room full of economists who had proposed the very same policy years ago.”
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