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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' n& p% `  o1 A0 D1 ?9 h1 ^+ u( w1,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.
2 y/ u* ~' c6 eExample: 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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$ Y( {8 e' W5 i) w) x2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' [7 d( _+ J$ PExplanation: 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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, u# C7 D. L* s! Z# A3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
, a9 h5 @) n( X- DExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
5 b1 e7 U0 k9 }4 VExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
# S( Z; R, j4 P  n6 q: N+ S5 [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。
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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9 ?- d1 u6 N/ T7 S3 ~1 `9 T6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
& v, b, z! r+ l1 [( V  r8 \2 a' FExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
* _2 R6 M6 ?! ^. ?4 MExample: 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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5 s3 ^3 ~1 {1 r0 z8 O1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
! E  Y5 S, U! U& ~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.