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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0 o) c* H+ ^: ~: L2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
$ J+ [* R6 {  |Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,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.
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4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
1 d( A8 h. ^$ N4 {4 FExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
% [7 k% L, \8 W& J( LExample: 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.
, Y" ?, Z' [- _; xExample: 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.

/ b$ c# O" c- N+ W6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
& N/ m3 Q7 H( {2 w6 EExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
% d0 c1 e" j6 I, ^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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2 L0 {# u* T8 l" |" \: ~0 m) j' {5 L  @Now come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
0 W% L2 F/ a' n% @% w2,Good wine needs no bush
# _2 X1 b- P& c3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
: z, _2 P/ R: ~4 n- l4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.