No Matter How You Say It: Flexibility
In Other Languages
Spanish – flexibilidad
French – la flexibilité
German – flexibilität
Italian – flessibilità
Swedish – flexibilitet
Euskara –malgutasuna
Portugese – flexibilidade
In Other Languages
Spanish – confianza
French – fiabilité
German – Zuverlässigkeit
Italian – affidabilità
Swedish – pålitlighet
Welsh – dibyniaeth
Polish – rzetelność
Word Origin
Flexibility comes from Latin’s flexibilis “that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;” figuratively “tractable, inconstant,”
Can you see how being flexible can yield to change?
from Online Etymology Dictionary
Sign Language
Can you see how flexible is going with the flow like a tree blowing in the wind and stubborn looks like a closed mind, unable to change?
Flexibility Idioms
- Be a chameleon
- Be a good sport
- Be a jack of all trades
- Be adaptable
- Be easygoing
- Be like a cat with nine lives
- Be like a river flowing around a rock
- Be like a willow in the wind
- Be nimble
- Be open-minded
- Be versatile
- Be willing to compromise
- Be willing to roll with the punches
- Bend over backwards
- Change horses mid-stream
- Don’t be so rigid
- Don’t sweat the small stuff
- Go with the flow
- Go with the tide
- Have a flexible schedule
- Have a spine like a wet noodle
- I’m all ears
- Keep an open mind
- Not set in your ways
- Roll with the punches
- Swim with the tide
- Take things in stride
- Think outside the box