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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7 V3 F/ d4 Q% }  d1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
% _6 \+ |& A) Y/ Q  h. k/ [. _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.
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: ^; G/ E% c8 d0 w2 X, j$ I; G2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
! N- d6 [6 n. }Explanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
' w8 y+ D& v2 |- V  _Example: 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
Explanation: 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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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.
. \5 B: a: d: DExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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% U. \( Q( ?' Q' I5,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.
# a5 j- X7 Y3 M* d6 K  LExample: 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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: h1 U/ R7 l) z+ T9 @$ S6, 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.
6 L' O; L/ g- m( J3 S8 x8 G+ \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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5 K' I! [- [! u3 V: QNow come on! Have a try.
% N! }1 z5 g" ?" X1,Great minds think alike
' L7 E" l7 h; o* ^" Z2 ]! p( g1 D1 L0 D2,Good wine needs no bush
3 ?3 Z& m  R7 |+ ^3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
! f1 U" b/ t) j: I6 W4,Evil does not always come to injure.
" ^3 Q% i2 o2 t0 _9 t2 t5 X: V; _' ^5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.