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。

" C* n$ `$ L9 a2 s- u1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
/ E' K5 n( ^# s! ~' @( u' iExample: 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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2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
1 o6 T3 T2 R# n, Y: b. v) bExplanation: 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.

2 @+ Y; D' ^9 T+ n4 U2 O$ s3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
9 g- y. p4 j  L" F; g) lExample: 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
8 z% ^- {8 H' d' sExplanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
9 p' c# K$ ?. \0 O( ~Example: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

6 Y2 K7 Q; p; \! Z: i8 K5,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.

6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
$ d  E6 a8 g8 fExplanation: 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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Now come on! Have a try.
5 `: Z3 d! e. n5 P7 D$ o% L1,Great minds think alike
" _: i8 E0 e: t2 Q4 ^7 |$ @* G2,Good wine needs no bush
. Z5 `9 Q, Q; I; w  E) [2 \3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
" t. G9 E9 O, P5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.