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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' U, o6 }: f/ Y. `3 a! R1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
% w! ?/ w; W8 F; sExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
6 N* Z. E  c" E# a! x  O0 cExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

! m) s4 @9 j2 J5 N0 c+ r# z2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
6 y+ t7 y1 d: [' y( a( t$ Q! HExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
; q# S9 h: d, c0 ]9 D& F4 h: ^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
5 H0 I; e. C; u; YExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

& i; b. ]: ~7 j2 ^/ W8 j4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
& f- G, P9 U6 x" C( eExplanation: 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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7 V8 m! M# i# x$ Q9 A' O5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
3 q  ?; A- P- r* P5 X4 U; 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.
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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5 p9 U0 l1 E3 U5 ?2 c1 r) c6, 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.
# u% M: L& r% @8 O2 F2 fExample: 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.

. h" _3 F5 o+ M1 kNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
0 {' f$ c  ^0 Y7 n" |6 @* l6 E2,Good wine needs no bush
* b9 J+ o" G  A3,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.