Andrew

All right.

So everyone, let's wrap up this lesson here.

Just before we let you go, we should review and compare these two expressions.

So they are both similar.

Stick to your guns and double down in the fact that they describe a refusal to change your mind, a refusal to back down or a refusal to retreat.

And we usually use them both in situations where there's some

or some friction or maybe a problem to overcome.

However, they are different in that sticking to your guns is about holding your ground and not giving up and defending your current mindset or your current opinion.

However, doubling down

is more like when you stubbornly refuse to admit a mistake or you stubbornly refuse to change your mind.

And often this will make a bad situation even worse.

So if you just keep those similarities and differences in mind,

That will be helpful, I think.

And of course, really the best way to make sure that you can use and understand these expressions correctly in the future is by doing a lot of English listening.

These are really common idioms.

And if you listen to a lot of English, if you watch

tv shows and youtube videos and listen to podcasts and read books you are going to hear these expressions undoubtedly in the future and by hearing them again and again and again in different contexts and different situations that will help you to understand them fully and to be able to understand them when you hear them and then eventually to be able to use them naturally in your english speaking as well

So as always, spend time with English and the good results will follow.

Okay, Indiana, thank you for helping me co-host this lesson here today.

And speaking about talking about these expressions, guys, you can head on over to our Discord community where we'll be continuing the conversation about this lesson.