英汉俚语，谚语对照欣赏

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要想学习地道的英语，就涉及到英语中俚语，谚语的理解。其实，语言都是相通的，如果从汉语中能找到英语俚语，谚语的对应说法，那么，你就觉得英语也没什么了不起的；如果能举一反三，那么你的英语就更上一层楼了。
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1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ r: ^' K" i9 P+ q! f3 D4 LExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
, X0 z/ l/ O- {Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
3 ^0 B3 K9 \1 s& B' oExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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  p$ G9 _8 {/ u3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
9 Y0 N4 Y5 e1 t- z, iExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
Explanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
2 `) H8 \. k( _# D& ~- YExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
! n+ Q7 P& i8 ~: t5 ]' Z8 T* z2 cExample: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.

- Y/ R8 ?5 l" G6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
. U! ~% k& L$ c" f& N9 A1 lExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
Example: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.
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Now come on! Have a try.
* R9 k5 |! v3 V8 I" A1,Great minds think alike
) D" D! H) i9 ]0 S7 ?- L' E2,Good wine needs no bush
: s& V4 ?2 Q. [. p/ U7 \: s% t3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
3 ]3 T3 T9 _5 v+ V5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.