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。

/ t  Z7 r! d( _# [1 x5 H/ A1,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.

' W6 Y1 h/ x9 R2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
" B3 q) o( b9 F9 V/ \6 O, Y$ X& l5 \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
1 d: J9 L$ ?: GExplanation: 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
: C( I, h# ~: V0 TExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
4 X# I2 G7 C/ F: Y" ^: O" f' GExample: 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。
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.
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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+ p5 G% V( t# P8 U5 l6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
# B2 s) N& {: ^. v; mExplanation: 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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' d, b3 X9 K9 P  L& ]Now come on! Have a try.
1 E/ ?1 N6 ^: p  E$ K1,Great minds think alike
( b1 C7 ]: _) ]7 l* m/ N2,Good wine needs no bush
# p& g! X2 u) b( `3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
2 \/ I$ Q, m( `+ O2 U& T/ M5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.