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。

1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
+ X" ]: A9 U* S8 e( D: R% B+ `2 JExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
Example: 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
; F, N4 ]0 W& ~. KExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
  h0 q+ w) H: [% \) D) \. wExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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# d# h. l2 m* U3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
4 B1 I$ M0 ?  T7 l5 t! h- w! x) D- t( @" {Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
& z9 O# A( V. \, t' h: fExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
) N  @$ a- d3 qExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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/ c( n, C/ n0 C( S/ J5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
- h$ S) X: w+ ]8 S$ n" ^' r% UExplanation: 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.
Example: 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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
. S) Y, U2 X5 K" K9 [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.

7 F% Z2 ^) z, @7 D) H9 VNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
/ i! j. g' n9 Q2 D: F( J: S3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.