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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。2 O' w# a# ?$ Y- B
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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& x. N8 k( f* M# r2 \, B
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy., i" m; J/ C( I3 M
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.# D6 q/ g# B9 g8 I, J" a* O
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
$ `' x! }/ B' G, SExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
: W" [) D: R+ A- B6 P/ D/ F, k; |Example: 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; P0 ~1 i/ u" w* X0 r6 I$ V
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn+ B3 m; K% p, y5 |" [
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 $ H$ P: p7 z" q
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.
/ {" [* X q0 g+ ]% UExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.; Y+ M! s' }$ p4 u1 M6 C
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。% I! d) I; I4 u1 B, w6 f7 a
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.
" s% E# }( h$ v0 y' T0 _0 TExample: 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.9 `# m4 Q* O: @) r
( U' q; L3 @/ v" M" R0 O& |8 B1 ~6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗0 [- z1 J% q5 ^: ]' u% f* O- T6 s
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
- G" I; q3 j5 H, v" z* E! pExample: 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. 3 J1 B, m5 l7 G$ w1 n
1,Great minds think alike
. w0 o) p7 Z3 w2,Good wine needs no bush8 }" G8 d0 |; _ U- R6 M1 ? L
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.1 {; j3 Q H! O
4,Evil does not always come to injure.2 E4 S0 f: F5 ~8 }, h" f5 y
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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