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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) f4 A8 [6 ^  a7 S1,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.
$ N2 i5 K; d# W% C/ F+ y: IExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
5 C& U( }; p6 }7 _8 HExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
! e8 B; t# N& c2 v1 oExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

& h" Z. @5 K" x4 Q, q0 D  X$ f/ p3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
7 e2 m: C. f# Y$ JExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

9 f! j3 K" {( ]$ A5 P4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
5 t4 x; f! B2 _( x* K7 nExplanation: 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。
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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/ |) p7 _+ W' ]6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
+ I1 u% r" Q+ c& J$ l) i7 ?! aExplanation: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
" I! l& z# a* L( ]. u: W1 h2,Good wine needs no bush
0 A7 E0 y. C% r2 c3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
9 w' h- J! s8 }2 ~7 A4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.