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。

+ f& }7 S# ?) ^5 E9 n: I1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
, a: ]! \" j# z2 X) J2 [4 z$ ^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.

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.
4 o- m: K. k% I" JExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
& l4 j3 W1 b/ _" ?4 E" M, P; ]! {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
# z* z  s7 a3 R& ]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.
, m# ?. T: Z8 _. _* r2 FExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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+ S# g) p) F9 c' R3 [7 U* g8 i5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
% p; Q7 s. K) v7 c0 E3 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.
7 E. W+ v: Z/ X, GExample: 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
+ ^* e; M& }; Y5 z6 E! xExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
5 `4 `$ i: K' s  t5 D% `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.

  q# S% f# [. k) Y, kNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
1 s9 ?4 _  O% [! ?0 ^! H' z* {4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.