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
Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
! Y2 Q5 i1 `8 D* X: s. h/ y- KExample: 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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1 ^5 ~! F- [+ ~- _* f) [" C. o2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
; R+ Z' r. K4 U# hExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.
8 k5 ^3 E  C$ x- C/ iExample: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
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3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
2 e! W: l7 H% ?! i9 k8 T7 |; w" zExplanation: fortune comes to each in turn
& @; Q/ ?/ {$ y+ [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.
! G$ |7 ?$ H0 @5 CExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.

5,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.
: j8 C( f; }( N; X6 gExample: 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
9 @2 C" X* S3 R4 w* F( q+ Y4 \, l/ sExplanation: 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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- t6 g: P- ^# I" P  K+ z. O6 }Now come on! Have a try.
# R/ }3 r) n; l3 D1 g! H" L& s; V1,Great minds think alike
! @9 r7 L$ d7 N* T5 o2,Good wine needs no bush
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
8 e) u  }& I3 r3 w4,Evil does not always come to injure.
" U7 C* d8 M3 O5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.