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You can’t believe everything you hear, can you?

B2

Sentence

Narrator

You can’t believe everything you hear, can you?

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

Don't believe everything you hear; it's important to be critical.

Describing Habits

I always try to verify information before accepting it as truth.

Asking About Others

Do you always question what you hear, or do you tend to believe everything?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If you believed everything you heard, you'd be easily misled.

Rephrased versions

Formal

It is unwise to accept all information as factual.

Casual

You gotta be careful what you believe.

Simpler English

Not everything you hear is true.

Phrases to learn

believe everything you hear

To accept all information without question or verification.

can't believe

To find something unbelievable or hard to accept.