No Matter How You Say It: Flexibility

Flexibility
Written By Austin Florence

Word Origin

Flexibility comes from Latin’s flexibilis, which 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 river flowing around a rock

  • Be like a willow in the wind

  • Bend over backward

  • 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

  • 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

In Other Words

  • Adaptability

  • Resilience

  • Amenable

  • Agreeable

  • Open

  • Creativity

  • Agility

  • Resourcefulness

  • Nimble

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