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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5 S9 F- {0 A* c0 l# E. g0 ~1,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.
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. x/ D  ~# t2,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.
  e  i8 F" t% ?( b. }Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
5 h& y, \# r- F! m( W: V, S2 mExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
" ^0 l+ D! {4 B$ l: S8 Q+ M; ]/ CExample: 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
- \* {4 f  B% P9 J/ m3 sExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
4 u$ s4 M' {* f3 F- [. ^: p" kExplanation: 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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6, 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.
8 D9 m. U1 p4 x) s" qExample: 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
, V& Y  X9 f  d+ {8 I6 n/ J2,Good wine needs no bush
& {' b9 w4 @. Q+ c+ M3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
' l6 `+ ]" M' v4,Evil does not always come to injure.
9 z( l! B5 [9 ]" s' r' A5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.