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。

0 D! [& b/ o4 F4 F) j) J( U1,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.
3 y% J5 w3 [* S- l( @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.

' f" s; B: q( I4 u5 ~  k2 ?, ?. M. b5 p2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
1 f" W3 \& W+ r% z# k% @Explanation: 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.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
' P5 ]& G% A% [1 W! _Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
& T( @" f2 J' Q( NExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

5 X9 x) J1 L! I( r4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
8 q4 x% i9 A. a/ O$ f. bExplanation: 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。
: G  m- W4 T0 N+ m- G3 rExplanation: 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 g2 h4 m" b" D, ^4 _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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" n& ]3 A5 b: ]- D$ w% c# jNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
8 U/ N) |5 ~6 r4 Y3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
, o% j  B, y* O( t! H4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.