travel broadens the mind

Meaning

This is a proverb which means that visiting other countries and experiencing different cultures helps you understand people better, makes you more open-minded, and expands your perspective on life.

Examples

• Living abroad for a year really showed me how travel broadens the mind.

  Living abroad for a year really showed me how travel broadens the mind.

• I encourage my children to explore the world because travel broadens the mind.

  I encourage my children to explore the world because travel broadens the mind.

• They say travel broadens the mind, and my trip to Asia definitely proved that.

  They say travel broadens the mind, and my trip to Asia definitely proved that.

• Meeting people from different cultures taught me that travel broadens the mind.

  Meeting people from different cultures taught me that travel broadens the mind.

• She believes that travel broadens the mind more than any textbook can.

  She believes that travel broadens the mind more than any textbook can.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Travel opens the mind.

  ✓ Travel broadens the mind.

  Although 'opens' makes sense, the traditional and fixed proverb specifically uses the verb 'broadens'.

• ✗ Traveling broadens the minds.

  ✓ Travel broadens the mind.

  The standard proverb uses the singular noun 'mind' rather than the plural 'minds'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Experiencing new cultures is important because ___.

  💡 A proverb about learning from journeys.

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  travel broadens the mind

• My grandmother always said that ___ , which is why she visited fifty countries.

  💡 Going places makes you wiser.

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  travel broadens the mind