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。

& n+ {6 m: T" }0 O" Y% K1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
5 o' m% f: k5 p' Q# F' v! wExplanation: 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.

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.
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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; H6 I: n/ h# |1 Y6 Q# @; C; R4,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.
Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.
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  S0 b/ D2 p  ~& ~8 O5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
2 F( C2 ?0 N+ F% H2 FExplanation: 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.
0 t7 Z2 N! }0 }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.

! ^6 c0 Y+ V: L8 l! V- D6, 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.
* B. C4 v1 O! n. T* f6 i' a' R' B/ RExample: 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.
3 ?) J: a. L0 f: m9 h1,Great minds think alike
' U* r' y9 F; C  h" T2,Good wine needs no bush
# r1 h/ h: I' b: O3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
6 l: }0 q% {! o% P5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.