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
( Z3 h1 v4 f4 UExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
7 v1 ?* E, r8 Z5 D/ I" d/ @7 y, MExample: 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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$ T5 m6 o, b$ C' V2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
: I! A1 P4 H! |9 _) n# ZExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
( O7 N& H+ ?* A! tExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

! \3 `; ^1 \, c7 Z3 C6 Z. a$ @4 A3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

* H$ z9 ~3 z2 v9 S6 s( D- U4,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.
' p, y, P2 I5 x* _3 O! CExample: 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.
- K" R4 F9 T8 V6 W& cExample: 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 B+ e* j# N( o1 d7 Q! \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.
1 v, B. q  _" C, SExample: 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.
. Z% S/ w: {4 G6 G1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
  ?1 G5 W$ B( ^! e: G5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.