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
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
4 M6 s$ ?  V" {* ?. EExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

" Z0 E/ Z( @  E# N- @# }/ z+ m/ b2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
0 J) k! G; R8 S# DExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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, u, a, o+ E! H$ H3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
5 [. G  Z1 b5 g& }Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
  r& w1 k' g) m+ {* K  S* sExample: 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
7 X2 M0 i3 e( B3 B( b% _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.
- K6 d1 H% F$ ~3 l* J: M; U% E: fExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

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.
/ F7 `# Q3 E6 T+ H# iExample: 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.

+ n. a8 o+ A( }' H6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
! `7 O; ^8 S# }3 N) d6 G) S4 CExplanation: 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.
1,Great minds think alike
# c* e: ^1 q9 y) w  {( J2,Good wine needs no bush
7 y# z7 C- O8 I3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
) T2 N' w( m! Z" l/ r5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.