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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/ q* Z$ h4 E8 Q* q1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
: @; n; E$ s0 I( [2 J0 pExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
$ o, I2 F4 }  U# U- ]3 j# b) XExample: 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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5 {, J$ I7 u. |' l& y, L" G& J5 A2,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.
- g0 x( v4 k( C7 l7 w8 DExample: 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
* g; [) x" h) g( f" r4 v' {Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
8 v4 E! V, q! W' L- ~% xExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.
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7 z; C- k+ U1 K0 m2 Z0 f  \: y; J4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
  r+ I$ c# B9 \; I4 I7 JExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
. y8 ?5 O# K- [4 d9 gExample: 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 a: Z- Z) U) e- o/ A- ^$ |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.
: e; |- E9 {! z, h4 z* fExample: 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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6 `, w- C( r' B) K$ iNow come on! Have a try.
- v9 _$ N' V; v3 w/ H5 p1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
2 Y) E/ V3 M8 P, ?3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
& m5 n  {6 A9 l" k5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.