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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; v3 W' A7 K8 j$ n/ J- H
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.1 Z+ k2 S* A; O4 |
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
$ `7 A0 R. |0 L; _- [: vExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
4 Q, [3 Y" B0 l$ ^5 `5 BExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.. i. k8 D5 Q: I, N5 q
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
, R7 A6 n+ J$ n# V0 h' qExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
[! {# L* ^6 J c/ IExample: 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
% L" h \6 w2 V; w& V, j1 _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.( Z% k8 c8 q( `) ^* Y
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean. A, ?! m% [2 U# s& q% W, i" M
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
8 X/ L3 O e: w; ?8 L* u: s PExplanation: 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.
8 l3 `9 S& b& ]8 Z# HExample: 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./ H: e; T8 P9 m) r/ z/ V3 D! b; t
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6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
/ C) I1 R8 b- @2 RExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. [, x% _/ I/ L! ^& L* v' @4 { _0 T3 O
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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9 p' M6 L" ^' ^8 H5 D: V$ YNow come on! Have a try. ) q% v3 |+ `# ^2 z3 w2 p8 o- ~( q
1,Great minds think alike1 X: w0 h2 \9 d/ x9 y
2,Good wine needs no bush: k6 I I3 R% l: e
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
/ e+ ~* h: H1 _1 E4,Evil does not always come to injure.
+ B4 n6 g. j2 m1 z3 \' y5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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