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。

! ~4 S1 Z5 P* M- C1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
" J2 ~1 G4 t, g& j5 Q) K  _' ~Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
6 C: u' S8 k6 z  ^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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1 H: g6 W6 Z  i9 k2,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.
. @5 e' T2 e, }# yExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.

" n$ V# P9 s5 C8 C3,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.

# o* ?7 Q* L. q& M# \* f" \7 }4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
. k: e5 d, K+ z; TExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
2 b8 o0 K! T( W  x5 F( _Example: 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.
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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0 x/ i2 C8 u) F6 K6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
- Q' s7 M+ v& m& H4 f  dExplanation: 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.

0 l1 X/ T9 h0 f' vNow come on! Have a try.
1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
3 U% I* w6 ?' B4,Evil does not always come to injure.
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.