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 I- F3 [5 d( j/ B6 a1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
  l: p/ W7 E0 [; `3 v$ E7 {# xExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
+ Q: O$ c  @2 B8 h0 G9 wExample: 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
0 ?3 C$ _1 [. H  z% OExplanation: 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.

: t0 q* A; g; e  H( V+ U3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
1 K  D- n6 {; T* J9 x% x, CExplanation: 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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1 }0 c6 p: F  \4 Z9 E- a4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
9 s- c7 u( [4 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.
% b1 S9 p1 B& q5 W! @Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
* j) M. o3 X& ~3 tExplanation: 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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1 U8 V! k" u( J7 D. A6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
+ E. Q9 z8 r, C" N" X  VExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
& a" @: r' }' `. m5 @. a- t$ m; |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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) G5 [8 K, i6 h9 DNow come on! Have a try.
  ^/ A) `9 M/ a8 r% M3 M6 U  G% J/ s1,Great minds think alike
0 b6 z4 |% A8 q5 ?7 T! ^1 X2,Good wine needs no bush
3,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.