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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( B" h' \' f# |  R+ H# d1,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.
5 T. W9 L: O5 {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.

- Z( B. W$ f6 ^  V6 G+ e, f# D/ u, _0 X2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
0 y$ j, c" z3 Q( @) N# ~Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
/ j$ B+ m. U) G( FExample: 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
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
" o6 D1 a$ \; o3 `, p9 z& `" @Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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0 F( o( \+ R( Z" ^1 ?& E) ^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.
/ R! |5 X) t. w# s" q5 fExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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& C' o1 V/ y$ P% C( C8 a5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
  G* m6 W0 G' ]: ?8 @* YExplanation: 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.
& ^/ K( d' z* W' z1 ^4 t; SExample: 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
6 q8 \5 c2 ]+ I1 W. N5 }& Q& {Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
5 Y- C7 T( {) D! j, EExample: 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 E0 }- j5 z" c* J9 h) WNow come on! Have a try.
- v3 c- I; X9 g) H# m1,Great minds think alike
8 n+ ]6 `$ m9 H) v9 O: i: r2,Good wine needs no bush
) B3 T- ?8 `! N! V9 G4 [& N0 ^# _3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
. ?: I9 P; S; z4 W2 |6 [! |8 g4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.