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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。- p8 M) z! c6 _5 ]
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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# ~* p5 ]" W/ s' L" U
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
7 B* C# ?5 O8 K7 n( ?% aExample: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.- b3 [) Z* x% n3 F
# m8 J& e" S. v2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋: r8 |; B0 W3 o* V0 }: j
Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.: q# X T. v* a4 q) Q2 f: d
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.9 a# U% k ?: t! ^) V$ u, W7 B
* M8 s6 Q2 ~& k# j$ i' M3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
1 w0 D5 x( i1 L6 o/ {Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
2 v' g- w2 B3 [2 N. c8 {5 [! VExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.9 [) N: Q) p, X% ? w
7 p+ q6 G9 }/ x1 t2 M4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 + E' P! U5 m& c& }/ s* o
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. K- g7 p3 ?, q$ {' ^' E1 {
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.6 B, L3 M* P8 ?3 M4 d8 l& S) o1 o
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5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。6 p! ^1 H% G) ~- f
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.
O" l6 Z3 o) @6 d9 R0 R8 kExample: 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.; A6 A" J: A! F6 W
8 F+ h4 M9 X6 @- G' L6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
( B1 J0 z. F4 ZExplanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
# {# w# e( \/ X% K" `! {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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Now come on! Have a try.
- x# t% R. g S& q1,Great minds think alike% n6 B9 F. A$ o! X5 g6 G/ c
2,Good wine needs no bush0 w! H, g. x% z( w( K7 l
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.& L. o+ Z) j8 Q8 a4 U/ E3 B3 ^
4,Evil does not always come to injure.2 A7 X2 X; a& Y: c. y4 R) y
5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
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