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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8 e" G, j6 d: w1 Y% r( x7 a3 D1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
$ ?0 u; [( n$ v) ]8 m" p/ }' s, o; YExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
$ K. C( `9 P7 T8 M" p6 YExample: 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.
, u/ o2 r& Y/ x& d1 g# vExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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) {' ?$ K1 n; o/ y, L" ?3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
6 \( F& X' H+ p& ]. Q: b, e7 \$ \Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
- g$ y) O. n. I1 GExample: 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
# x3 p" X4 B! a6 A; y/ mExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
& l1 H/ u& X* t( gExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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0 |$ s2 T5 g/ o  D+ W5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
2 M8 f$ W* \4 w2 pExplanation: 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.
; y  L- Y, V0 t' e" H: @: A" hExample: 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
# ^. f/ S- q9 T- C8 _/ p- \Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
  s0 T5 e" o$ P% P- W& ]* KExample: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
5 B& h* p' q) n4 V3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
) }8 E7 S, s4 Y4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.