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。

4 X/ l0 a" [: T' b( x4 y1,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.
; F; h. _+ f4 L7 ^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.

9 t" _9 G; d# L! `# h3 l, W  E$ _2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
$ u9 t1 K+ c' a3 YExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

0 M% R# k9 U6 s3,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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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
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.
, |. y6 w' R) _) X$ {+ _! mExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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  v- v+ d; q3 ~8 G9 V5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
, a6 ]1 _  h  f# I7 ]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.
: y0 K2 s" t4 k' GExample: 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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" p4 h, R9 V# p0 I& g6, 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.
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Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
% t/ @1 Q, Z, K8 _% d% B3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4 m: L  s8 C5 Z& Y$ E# K4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.