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
( J" O/ m% g2 g; \% Y0 r7 d) oExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
9 K% D- p* P+ i7 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.

2,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.
0 N6 v8 s" I3 p$ AExample: 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
3 M# S0 y  ]* B+ eExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
* r3 C* g. G( a6 F! BExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

4,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.
1 p+ R+ T1 o9 ?Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

! L% E' x4 Y; I) t0 }# |" v5,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.
; [- e1 N4 j' m) @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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6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
( x; O1 }9 f" l- J! gExplanation: 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.
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0 E% c) Z7 i) S! j& O; s5 E5 K6 YNow come on! Have a try.
1 d  E3 K# N3 x- Q' n; y4 R; p1 t1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
3 k5 t9 T9 e) O3,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.