No Matter How You Say It: Flexibility

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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

 

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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

Flexible

Stubborn

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