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。

1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
  h3 a$ e5 |; E& j" MExplanation: 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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- f. l! t% W9 f2,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.
* f/ W4 i" U1 iExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

( F3 m. ~% j$ H, ?7 N3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
8 v  ?4 o4 |4 uExplanation: 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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. |  e: }* ]2 C( ^5 d; c' J( f( q4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
. i. y6 k! s% H! Y: S5 KExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
% J  J$ t7 ~, ~$ B/ R7 g& `2 D& f# ^Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

9 }2 Y! ~. c7 i3 B  `) M: a7 |5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
+ U8 k. q+ f. XExplanation: 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.
0 v& I8 z6 L3 `2 `2 h1 ^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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( u+ f* Y2 r$ M# Q- a2 w' o6, 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.
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.

5 T5 |3 m4 _2 b4 y) _: nNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
+ N5 N  Y' W' B+ Y0 s2,Good wine needs no bush
$ K; T2 M0 X7 [- {* r3,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.