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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; L- I% ~: f' I  C! A2 P* t1,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
0 G8 X! r+ }; e8 h4 v  jExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
4 M. i, B, d8 p. nExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

8 C/ o( }7 u0 H3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
( e9 @& w( l6 O5 CExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
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
$ }& K$ Z1 v% W) W4 V1 ~! E0 q! RExplanation: 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.

5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
5 S1 I2 d: M0 Y; wExplanation: 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.
( X. T6 \: A1 g" C# fExample: 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
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
4 b" ?7 N6 ^( m5 aExample: 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.

. h9 H  U7 g0 z2 |; w0 |( fNow come on! Have a try.
7 m/ s+ _1 D, L/ P, M5 ^/ a, P$ \1 T1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.