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would rather do anything else

strongly prefer another option

If you would rather do anything else, you strongly prefer every other activity to the one being discussed.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Can you help me sort these old files?

Honestly, I'd rather do anything else.

Play the conversation

I'd rather do anything else than spend my Saturday cleaning the garage.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I'd rather do anything else ~~instead of cleaning~~ the garage.

Say: I'd rather do anything else than clean the garage.

In this expression, “anything else” is followed by “than” and the activity you prefer to do less.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

I would rather do anything else than do it; I'd rather do anything else

Your turn: say it out loud

I'd rather do anything else than spend my Saturday cleaning the garage.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

would rather do anything else

strongly prefer another option

“I'd rather do anything else than spend my Saturday cleaning the garage.”

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