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
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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. B3 }1 P# Q+ t% y+ T2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
2 h9 S$ t% [; ?) S+ j: {Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
7 c, p8 p) D; l( FExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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! n1 i3 j/ Z% _$ u3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
) N# r* V! z$ L; N4 z# ]+ e8 `Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
# g# K$ o# S% C- e) {. zExample: 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
  T, p: c6 n0 w) O/ u4 s* 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.
4 }/ [9 H# e8 @) a: IExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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: J: U6 g' I4 Y% W5,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.
+ B7 c8 h6 k3 D$ NExample: 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
  N" C7 a# o$ ^# r2 ]3 d+ rExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
$ l2 D+ ^4 d( l  y- W. DExample: 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
2,Good wine needs no bush
& V3 h5 [  V. G! f3 K' g3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
* V* P( k" w2 _0 `4,Evil does not always come to injure.
/ g% }1 R- D9 Z" P6 _7 ^4 i5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.