impression

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. The overall impression about her is moody and rural.
  2. The first impression must be the best impression.
    Please correct all.
    Thanks.
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  1. The overall impression about her is that she is moody and [b]rural/b.
    (I presume you mean ‘rustic’. If so, I’m afraid both - moody and rustic - are a bit derogatory)
  2. The first impression must be the best impression. (Okay)
    (‘The first impression is the best impression’ is a saying, as you know)
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  1. As Anglophile indicates.
  2. I don’t understand this at all.
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It is a saying like ‘well begun is half done’. I am not sure if it is InE.

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‘The first impression must be the best impression’ is not a saying, though.

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Yes, most usually, sayings are in the present simple except the ones such as ‘Rome was not built in a day’.

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So I still don’t understand Allifathima’s statement.

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The expression that seems to be in the air is - First impressions count.