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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。8 U4 C& ^) H+ p7 t0 \
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1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐+ y1 x! }; x7 e: C5 ?: P& G, Z
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.! j- h7 f& @# e5 k) g
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.% K" G' t" }! _2 x; g
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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋1 |0 m) h. M! S; F
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.$ Q e2 a/ ~6 y N
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.+ v9 u7 H/ D( i4 ^7 T- k
2 H$ c: E% Y$ A1 A2 x8 p3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日: x. u* [! w/ I7 ~. U9 J O$ B
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn2 e+ S7 L7 \) j: j
Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.% ?8 q( M( J3 Z7 s; L* X
) B) h! h' q- b& F( j A' W4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
, c4 x9 V2 O: u c& jExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
- d0 E% j# q9 o$ E4 G# ]Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean." a" ~- m/ ~% |/ z0 P8 U9 x+ F! K! _
, b' I$ p: ?; {5 E8 X5 p0 c5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。* o* c+ a" p' u' S1 {" W4 b
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.0 Q7 N1 ` n# u/ t6 R( ^4 |8 p5 X
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.4 N6 G4 b* H# n7 A1 D0 A Z
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6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
& [# u- f0 u( R+ F/ ] U# X& I& @Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live. & X. B* }3 w x. U" h
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.
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, |1 U; h1 Q9 u# c1 _* FNow come on! Have a try.
6 [$ i# p9 \2 ]( `5 G2 v a1,Great minds think alike
) I' T7 b1 z! w" ]2,Good wine needs no bush/ B0 ]2 s; @$ o
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.2 l) C9 S6 j4 [. L& e+ P
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
0 B3 n2 S& E: t6 {6 q9 A3 I& u. Z5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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