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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5 U% m. N7 m+ }( J) _2 G: r4 e1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
6 K# E0 r% D7 k$ M4 {Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
; c$ C7 m2 b+ GExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.

3 o- |/ S" H, {. T' I, x6 W; t+ S- B2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
7 y( Q9 |; f% U$ [3 w, X' sExplanation: 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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  d- B; Z$ h+ v% g- s3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
+ ]8 h- v" f8 Y$ YExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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3 d: f& K3 E4 l+ R1 Z* u" E4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
Explanation: 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。
; Z& h% K9 T3 pExplanation: 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.
, M% k& W0 l. y3 hExample: 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.

4 w  C; }5 A: F  O0 G. G8 D9 X6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
. t/ Q. ?. g; z! MExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
" _( q/ D% x2 h% S% XExample: 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
7 _4 z# p! {, z8 f3 S  o8 X2,Good wine needs no bush
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.