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。

1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
! d0 u$ F, V# j* |: D: R' W7 _Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
& r- [) ]% a3 W7 UExample: 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* N! t2 v" D2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
3 H$ k- m: ^) ?3 ]1 S1 \- r9 @: dExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
/ i, V1 B9 j. X1 QExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

/ F/ j# c) @% h8 ?+ \$ f3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
Example: 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
2 p2 l& {2 X% O9 a. i3 I+ a. s+ 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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

4 V5 Q& o7 Z) u5,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.
2 ^; w# z2 M9 S$ i' y- z: zExample: 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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2 y0 r- C6 V8 u  a. Q6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
, R: \4 Z# ]% E, q8 P& a) MExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
' P# \6 V' A. `& e: Y6 eExample: 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.
' {7 P  U! r4 \5 Q* r/ u1,Great minds think alike
3 d* w* z( a( Y( ]$ C1 g2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
, S3 N5 n: M5 O/ C4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.