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
5 ?4 Y$ g2 M* E* H+ [2 U$ qExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ B' t7 V5 F. C' l% `4 W1 p6 {' hExample: 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
8 P6 D6 b. S- ]' \! w8 i& |8 RExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
8 @6 b" u5 q! J: H+ a6 z4 S( M' ?Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
/ l; d4 t' \" f. lExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
& X$ |$ l) M- j- BExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
5 W6 B! u5 g! a3 dExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
Example: 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。
0 @9 M+ p! t# q: N- g1 W4 U( ~9 vExplanation: 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.

; T6 C! q9 W7 Y6, 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.
( N1 e, o  n+ 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.

" i/ M- I, Z% e0 j% ~! sNow come on! Have a try.
" [6 z% u& _" O; f# l# B# Q7 K" l1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
/ C, B. M3 {. G3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
; W- {3 Q1 J% a& w/ H5 U4,Evil does not always come to injure.
0 @2 p  U5 g3 ?2 p/ _/ B( P5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.