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。

9 ]' d$ x/ T9 C1,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.
! B$ t) Y/ ~! J7 H! I* p, A$ EExample: 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.
8 f6 x; \! b  D1 `Example: 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
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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  _5 f4 E6 s" J% o! D6 U, y4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
- P9 y  `2 T" |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.
- x5 k# C& R" T! T+ }; h! K5 }Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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6 ?4 ?) }$ U# l% ^1 R- ~& Q8 f1 z5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
Explanation: 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.
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6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
8 }# P4 K' P& @$ U" ?' v! hExplanation: 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.

, G) ^7 P5 z+ @$ Y2 D+ u' }$ gNow come on! Have a try.
. V0 D6 l3 q6 `1 ~3 ~6 F7 U( I1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
" H' S# S" l0 V5 {" \3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
, g0 e& b, H$ U5 g4,Evil does not always come to injure.
4 H% t% Z8 l9 A' q. c0 D5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.