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。

2 n9 R0 ^. d  l6 M1,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.
; D# v) k3 T) u! Z" bExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

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.
1 H, d, m- U7 R2 C$ i. _# }- rExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

/ a3 H3 F2 o* `/ |) @+ }9 ~6 k3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
# m) x7 \, S6 @9 Q& [/ Y+ ~Example: 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
: i5 k- O" {& M8 o% q/ d/ \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.
% E: k5 x0 _9 `. o/ W& D2 JExample: 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。
  E9 a$ |( Y+ E/ S# ^- y- IExplanation: 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.
3 n5 U! x5 A" I* h. m9 T( v5 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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
# ^/ Z# k8 w. w$ P2 f5 n+ d+ {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.

) O4 B2 o& E' j5 t1 H- x6 INow come on! Have a try.
0 S( |6 T" q/ J2 \  C1,Great minds think alike
$ {& Q- B& p# h' T2,Good wine needs no bush
# n8 `. F$ H% e: v  v. L1 q  m3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5 e8 i  ^. l0 p0 v# Q5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.