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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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.

2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
' {% c. J( w2 b: T3 H* f; h2 R/ mExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
5 r: w/ O6 B: S0 S- @9 ]1 A' h. GExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
5 r  X) h4 e8 q' S8 H: m8 rExplanation: 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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5 x! w' {+ N2 n/ p  R$ T4,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.
! E# i0 ]5 G7 |! _- I) mExample: 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.
# q5 K; C8 A( y6 _+ T3 b* eExample: 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
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
$ w% @# Q  ]0 ]3 Q/ e" r( z$ k3 d9 VExample: 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.
! d9 `$ o3 [- m0 Q' o1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
- m8 L4 d4 @, `0 y3,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.