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。

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.
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.

0 c# D- o/ z  {2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
6 H+ ?: M. k: v/ S  k+ J8 }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.

, A% M* v" M5 g; }3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
8 O+ ~- ^+ t: }6 e) z% A; iExample: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.

+ B7 {) c- E0 `# y% Q% }8 D4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施
7 @* R3 }; ~9 d% ?0 T; d; L/ BExplanation: 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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+ R9 V; n7 \9 ^$ D5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺，到处可逢君。
  l- x( Z5 W; k+ v; B- N" 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.
- d9 W7 d  M+ x5 B6 QExample: 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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3 m2 `8 v2 l' @- F. r& _: {6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗
( y+ K, m* U. |Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
! F5 b( p% d7 c' R4 d7 EExample: 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.
& C9 d/ e$ H7 i1,Great minds think alike
2,Good wine needs no bush
9 o  [% Y* l: e8 D# }  }3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
* ~- S, |: k- K* }" |8 e5,A fool may give a wise man counsel.