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.
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.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
9 j) A8 L) z, C' ~1 n8 SExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
* _0 ?% l2 L3 x- m/ D* U' o) K& t  y1 PExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
; z) w$ @1 n( U# r1 C4 u' X& UExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

* g+ l2 ^" K: {0 T. O4,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.
$ O" y. V) n2 K$ a$ f2 _Example: 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.
7 d$ w! I4 `$ ^9 g: r0 C3 l% M/ EExample: 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
/ K( L9 e3 h) L# L9 |7 zExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
0 q: `: B  i! ZExample: 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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- F" d  @4 g% V7 W% r" ENow come on! Have a try.
* h2 j6 E! j* ~1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
( \* J" }+ z0 Q6 ?! k3 [; Y$ l9 c3,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.