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
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
$ a6 c4 [1 H+ eExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
) A" k- O; C) h* ^8 J3 s" UExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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2 Q% n+ X5 q7 H2 c; }# m) X3,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.
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0 n! j  L9 h( ^0 i4,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.
. Y& I% z) X8 o  eExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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4 P1 [) ?; z6 o9 I5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
' Q7 c' R0 d' @5 o9 ?7 S& kExplanation: 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.
& x1 G6 u. p. i# N8 F, P. q5 rExample: 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.

% c: b2 ^. d/ e6 E, y6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
7 X8 T) ?) D/ b+ S. P; LExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
$ W$ p' J* G# S( o' F/ LExample: 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 ^! k& I8 R/ X" n: v8 kNow come on! Have a try.
) d5 X5 `3 ?+ s- Q7 _; S/ N; V1,Great minds think alike
6 ^. A) J& q0 [" q4 y$ T3 V9 M( E2,Good wine needs no bush
/ T2 w) D1 I: [1 H3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
6 y1 G7 Z. m- R  t% ~$ O! [4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.