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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& ]6 }0 n8 e) G3 Y" @' d4 h* J1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
7 r$ l; O6 y" ]1 o' RExplanation: 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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8 @) W' p9 |( O3 y2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
4 F' l: ]( k  |0 ^7 F0 X1 VExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
) \6 @9 o* M* d6 L! ]2 ~0 PExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

" p1 Q) h8 m: i4 s3 m! P9 L3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
8 T- E& E3 w- j1 p. N9 b" |Explanation: 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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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.
# O. K. `) J; A  ^8 }Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

! v6 `8 t; v) e3 Y( }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.
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.

9 Q; p& ~. Y8 g$ M6, 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.
/ L% D) b( k: O. D9 o; l8 j; xExample: 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.

* ^2 L3 Z! L7 E% C% N; y3 UNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
( F7 P  C; C7 ^3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.