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
& }) p2 Y: ~" K& w1 o* V( @- F$ hExplanation: 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
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
; J; m% Y7 Y3 J2 K" aExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

" N7 M# q" i3 F( U/ e/ w4 P" ]% a7 u! b  B3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
* H5 U- u0 n: r  q+ w% @; tExplanation: 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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) b0 N4 ~/ _+ }5 N6 x4,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.
, k& p% d, h6 {2 y2 n4 ]2 {Example: 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。
1 m/ a9 G' t3 }6 ~9 \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.
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.
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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.
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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7 h+ O, d, X8 B9 x+ N' W8 T& S, A( YNow come on! Have a try.
: g6 b$ r! E2 }8 N4 [1,Great minds think alike
, e" |! P8 {* G, @2 Q1 i* V) M& q2,Good wine needs no bush
! P, ?2 J* C$ D4 Y1 x  i; R2 U' X3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
) E7 l8 Z) @9 A9 \7 p" F5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.