preach to the choir

preach to the choir

To try to convince someone about something that they already support; to state one's opinion to those who are already most receptive to it. You're preaching to the choir here—we all have kids and understand how busy life can get. Honestly, you're preaching to the choir, but I just don't have any money to donate.
See also: choir, preach
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

preach to the choir

 and preach to the converted
Fig. to make one's case primarily to one's supporters; to make one's case only to those people who are present or who are already friendly to the issues. There is no need to convince us of the value of hard work. We already know that. You are just preaching to the choir. Don't waste your time telling us about the problem. That's preaching to the choir. Bob found himself preaching to the converted when he was telling Jane the advantages of living in the suburbs. She already hates city life.
See also: choir, preach
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

preach to the

choir/converted
To argue in favor of a viewpoint already held by one's audience.
See also: preach
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • choir
  • preach to the
  • preach to the converted
  • has come and gone
  • have come and gone
  • go the round
  • go the round(s)
  • fait accompli
  • fait accompli, a
  • accompli
References in periodicals archive
It's so easy to spit fire and preach to the choir. Turn on your choice of cable news or flip open social media to get a dose of that cheap act.
Why Do We Pick The Politicians We Pick?
Then we have the airwaves, which nowadays, are mostly crowded with nonsensical programs that preach to the choir. Years ago, radio and television broadcasts were full of sci-fi shows about extraterrestrials.
My 2 cents: Court TV is good at using common sense for its rulings, but to really apply common sense, a Ministry of Common Sense should be established at government levels
He can expect to be hit with a warm wave of applause in the conference hall today - but he must do more than preach to the choir.
Corbyn's world is now transformed; COMMENT
We need more leaders working to promote diversity and inclusion, but we don't want to "preach to the Choir" anymore.
A conversation with the publisher
He doesn't always preach to the choir either - disseminating what he calls "left wing bull***" with equal aplomb.
Ranting for reasons of raising a laugh
27 ( ANI ): In her first interview since leaving Fox News, Sarah Palin said that she doesn't want to 'just preach to the choir' and that she is looking to take her message to a 'larger audience'.
Palin 'wants to take her message to larger audience and not just preach to choir' after leaving Fox News
Though the book is packaged to preach to the choir, its style is journalistic and based on extensive investigative research.
The land grabbers; the new fight over who owns the Earth
You and I can preach to the choir ad nauseum with few results.
Attracting students
I will not preach to the choir or claim that I know more about the global financial crisis than governments, central banks and commercial banks do.
Ayoon Wa Azan (I Will Not Preach to the Choir)
"Green Mama" is a truly useful eco-educational tool that does more than preach to the choir; it gets to the heart of commitment and the reality of daily deeds of faith and preservation for the planet we are given.
Green Mama
The best of these poems do not preach to the choir; rather they are the choir filled with the same messages as the sermons but more powerful because they are sung.
State of the Union: 50 Political Poems
At the risk of appearing to "preach to the choir," it's also interesting to note that the FBI's recently released 2007 data showed a drop in violent crime (1.4 percent) over the previous year.
Gun sales strong in weak economy
And when I arrived the morning after the endorsement to find my voicemail box registering "full," I comforted myself with how boring it must be to, as the saying goes, preach to the choir.
A blue state newspaper endorses George Bush
At a recent TCG gathering, Susan Booth of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre asked, "Even while we know how to preach to the choir, how do we talk to the tone deaf?" If we cannot converse--rather than shout--across the divides that separate us, how can we ever hope to create a collaborative society rather than a divided one, a world that values leadership through agreement rather than will imposed?
Talk to me
Or maybe you want a visually enticing way to preach to the choir, or to get fresh inspiration for your own projects.
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