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
+ _* ^  P" \1 V* ~Explanation: 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.
& w& P0 A) X  }+ N2 j. x  y6 ^$ Z  hExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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4 E0 @2 m' J7 t/ N4 e- L3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
9 l- h/ ^; j6 ^% a( \! M: T$ HExplanation: 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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# [1 s# X& U, P/ h2 m4,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.
! n1 }$ B9 b  L; |Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

8 z0 d6 O6 x! u! ?' [8 l5,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.
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+ e  q2 K( H( [% Q7 T/ @; F6, 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.

) _1 ~) }; i. w+ gNow come on! Have a try.
7 N+ u" W  k; Y& W$ g" C: o0 v1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
! q! s! m& T3 B/ Y# X3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
' L3 N4 a! c& b3 k# f5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.